LilyCrazy's Blog

Looking forward to fall
Aug 20, 2008 | 7:51 AM PST
Our summer is drawing to a close in Iowa- August is almost over !! And it's been unusually NICE the past few weeks ! No hideously hot and humid weather during the week of the fair, not many stormy days recently- it's just been very pleasantly warm and cool at night.  I'm looking forward to the end of the gardening season too- something very rewarding about spending a day outside in the crisp cool air yanking up spent tomato plants and weeding everything one last time. I love it !!! Fall is absolutely my favorite time of year- I love the falling leaves, the smell of burning leaves, raking (yes, I love raking !!!), apple-picking, pumpkins, baking, and cooking "winter foods" like chili and beef stew and a big roast turkey- things we normally don't spend all day in the kitchen during the summer cooking. My house is SLOWLY getting back into order- now that construction is finished, wedding guests have returned home and my temporary roommates have moved into their own house. I wish I had more time to spend working around the house and less time to spend in the office.....