Excited for Autumn

Summer is just a faded memory!

A week ago it was a warm sunny day, now yesterday was cold, cloudy and raining.

Autumn in Slovakia jumps in with both feet and changes to much colder weather. With September upon us, summer is just a faded memory. September 22 is the Equinox for the first day of autumn.

Sunrise is now at 6:36 a.m., and sunset at 6:53 p.m., but every day we lose 3-4 minutes of daylight.

With the colder weather we put away our summer clothes and pulled out the sweaters, jackets, and wool socks. Fall weather in Slovakia brings rain and cloudy skies and we see umbrellas everywhere.

Autumn is apple season. I was overcome with nostalgia while picking apples straight off the branch. Something, I would do as a child in Oregon.

I cooked fresh applesauce lightly sprinkled with cinnamon. Sweet memories from home. Pumpkins are appearing in store windows. Chestnuts escape their prickly shell and drop to the ground.

Ahh, there's nothing more beautiful than watching leaves change from green, to yellow, to orange, and then fall to the ground. 

Autumn, it's the perfect time to cuddle up in a soft fleece blanket as you sip hot raspberry fruit tea and watch the umbrellas move across the street.