Fall showed up right on calendar schedule around here. Trees are tipping toward red and yellow, and the weather has cooled to that perfect temperature between hot and cold.
And despite pandemics and everything being off kilter and schedule, I'm making a mental checklist of things I'd love to do this fall! How about you?
I checked off one already - because I found a coffee shop near us that has almost an exact replica of my beloved apple pie chai from McConn Coffee Shop. It was delicious! I may or may not have to go back for more.
But in the meantime, here are a few of my other fall wish list dreams:
* Go to a pumpkin patch/corn maze.
* Paint or carve pumpkins. (Our building wants to do this together as an activity, actually.)
* Take pictures of pretty trees.
* Do our annual fall photos.
* Bonfire with s'mores!
* Make pumpkin bread or cookies. (And eat them!)
* Kayak down the river after the leaves turn.
* Go for a bike ride on a crisp morning or evening.
* Have a Reese's pumpkin.
It's not a huge list - but I feel like it's attainable with our schedule and with the current state of affairs.
How about you? Any fall bucket list dreams??
8 comments:
We are actually completing one this weekend. We are going to a state park and spending the night at the lodge and plan to do some hiking. We love to hike this time of year.
Better add going to Giordano’s in Fort Wayne on your bucket list as they open in October and just down the road from you-off Dupont. I do plan to try it and see how it tastes.
The weather is fall here too with some subtle color changes (:
I need to make sure I get apple picking!!
I picked up a part time job at Hainlen's orchard so I get to hang out with all the apples and goodies in the gift shop. If you have an orchard near you, that is always a fun fall activity!
We have an orchard near us that I always want to go to and never do it! It's on my list again, maybe this year. - Michele B.
Did you end up buying a bike?
When you mentioned taking photos of pretty trees, that reminded me of a story.
My mom lost one of her hearing aids several years ago. She was so distraught as they cost about $1000 each. She prayed and prayed, and even asked their small group Bible study to pray. She knew she was in the car and had placed the hearing aid on her lap, but couldn't find it. My parents even took their car to the dealership to have new carpeting put in the car and asked them to keep an eye out for her hearing aid, but it was not found.
Then, one sunny, fall day, my dad was getting in the car to go take some pictures of fall trees. As he opened the door to the driver's seat, he spotted her hearing aid hanging on the turn signal lever! The sun was right on it! He snapped a photo.
After telling my mom and they rejoiced greatly, he sent an email to their friends who also had been praying. He wrote . . .
"Dear Loretta, I know you've been worried about your lost hearing aid. So today when Don was out in the sunshine to take some pictures of the fall trees, I decided to answer your prayer, and I put your hearing aid in a place where I knew he would see it. Love, God" And then my dad attached the photo of the hearing aid hanging on the turn signal lever.
I love that story! :)
Becky - We love state parks in the fall too! Perfect weather! Hope you have a great time!
Anonymous - Ryan was excited to see this one!!! I had heard they were coming to town but had lost track of the opening date!
Tamar - YES!! Apples!!
Heather - I didn't know you were there part-time! I love that. (Mouth watering for a honeycrisp right now...)
Michele - This can be the year!!
Tracy - I did get one!! :) And I love that story so much! My mom loved it too!
I need to schedule our fall pictures earlier this year so we're not all shivering with cold!
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