“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Here to welcome you to the greatest time of year. Not just because of cooler weather or the anticipation of Halloween but because of the constant changes happening around us each day. The official beginning of the end of the year. Absolutely nothing better. Here’s what I’d love to do this fall.

Make pasta from scratch.
Go to Downey’s Farm or a harvest festival.
Make a turkey poutine.
Make an apple or pumpkin savory dish.
See the salmon run.

And here are some of my past autumn lists incase you’re looking for more ideas of things you might want to do this season.

“How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”

— John Burroughs

The absolute best time of the year has officially begun, the start of the three equally best seasons. Here are a few of the things I’d love to do this fall.

Go to Downey’s for our annual visit.
Make turkey poutine with Thanksgiving leftovers.
Make apple fritters or an apple fritter cake.
Learn the Phantasm theme on piano.
Eat the steak at L’Artusi (I only ever get pasta here but look at that beast, below).

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I didn’t want to go overboard with my list this year because I don’t want to feel overwhelmed, I just want to enjoy the season as much as possible without having a laundry list of things that must be done. Of course there are some other things that I’m planning, but those are surprises for later on. Some other small things that I do each autumn? I’ll break out the warmer comforter for the bed soon. Costume planning is well underway. I’ll unpack and display all of our autumn/Halloween stuff this week. I’m definitely going to make these leftover stuffing muffins. Of course I’ll get Milk Bar’s Thanksgiving croissant when it’s available in November. Oh, and I definitely want to make this leftover sandwich again.

As always, I encourage you to come up with an autumn list of your own, you’re not that busy.