When All Leaves Fall + To-do List
Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul . . .
— Peggy Toney Horton
There's autumn here, touching my piece of prairie, but I've been feeling it for days beforehand.
This inconsolable ache, right here in the center of me, is reaching out and pulling toward something calling it away. It always happens now, right now, when the edges of the noon day sun are laced with a cool and lingering wind, waiting on the moment when night and day are joined and equal, when you see the rain coming, when you feel the twisting equinox beginning to pass, and you know in a moment, a single, solitary moment, the world will change.
The First Day of Autumn was a cloudy, cool morning that warmed to the best kind of day. And I missed my deadline again to enjoy it.
I'm not sure why, but for some reason the thought grabbed hold of me to write out a list of things to do this autumn. And to my surprise there came fifty of them. They're mostly special to me, things only I could really do within the comfort of my home, that don't really require very much effort, or many things to buy or scrounge.
It's really for the quiet hearts, the country people, the home-bodies, but for anyone who loves autumn.
You can do them alone or with your person.
The bolded ones require some forethought or planning or something to buy, but the others are just some simple things you can do spontaneously, whenever the thought catches you!
The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go.
— unknown
MAKE HOMEMADE PUMPKIN SPICE LATTELIGHT A CINNAMON CANDLEPICK APPLESPUT ON YOUR FAVORITE SWEATERWEAR YOUR FAVORITE SCARFWALK IN THE LEAVESBAKE PUMPKIN BREADSIP APPLE CIDERWEAR DARK NAIL POLISHSPLASH IN PUDDLESENJOY HOMEMADE PIECURL UP IN SOME BLANKETSTAKE A MORNING WALKSTAY WARM IN A COZY CARDIGANDECORATE YOUR FRONT DOOR OR STOOPMAKE YUMMY CROCKPOT STEWJUMP IN A PILE OF LEAVESREAD BY THE FIREMAKE CARAMEL APPLESSHOP FOR NEW FALL CLOTHESBREATHE THE SCENT OF FIREWOODTAKE AN EVENING WALK WITH YOUR DOGTAKE PICTURES OF FALLEAT SOME CHOCOLATEREAD OUTSIDEMAKE A THANKFUL LISTKNIT/CROCHET AN AUTUMN SCARFGO THROUGH SUMMER CLOTHESDIY FLEECE BLANKETWATCH A FALL MOVIELIGHT ANY CANDLEMAKE CHILIMAKE APPLE MUFFINSMAKE HOMEMADE HOT CHOCOLATECHOP WOODRAKE LEAVESNO PHONE/COMPUTER DAY - JUST ENJOY FALLMAKE CINNAMON LEAF ORNAMENTSMAKE FRONT WALK LIGHTS FOR AUTUMN - BRANCHES LEAVES ETC.MAKE A THANKFUL TREE FROM BRANCHMAKE A CLOVE ORANGEMAKE A BIRDSEED ORNAMENT FEEDERGET LOST DOWN A COUNTRY ROADWATCH A SUNRISEGO ON A BREAKFAST PICNICBUILD A BONFIREWATCH THE GEESE FLY SOUTHWRITE A POEMPAINT AN AUTUMN PICTUREBUILD A SWING
It's nearly a week since the first day of autumn, but it's never too late to begin.
I don't know if I'll get them all done, but I want intention, I want meaning, and I want life. And I'm going in search of adventure.
Love, Kayla
