I’ve always loved the season of Fall. While I’ve never been a fan of the cold and what the meaning behind Fall is (to prepare us for the horribly cold northwest winter and, of course, the start of school), I’ve always enjoyed the changing colors of nature and the smell of Fall. I love stepping outside and taking a deep breath and smelling leaves, cold, and I guess morbidly the sweet pungent smell of nature dying after a beautiful spring and summer and going to the bleakness of winter.

Saturday, Mack and I stepped outside in our jackets and we both paused and inhaled deeply.

“I love Fall,” Mack told me with a smile. I agreed heartily as we sunk into our jackets and got into my car (after brushing spare leaves off my windshield), enjoying the novelty of the lingering smell of leaves that clung to us and settled around us in the car.

While Arizona and Florida had their own version of Fall, both can’t honestly compare (in my book) to Fall in the northwest (or anywhere that isn’t a for the most part tropical climate). Arizona has its state of brown with splashes of brilliant colors and Florida has some changing colors but for the most part stays green all year round.

Driving through the neighborhood here in Washington, we’re bombarded by the color explosions. Reds, yellows, browns, and fading greens fill our eyes. It feels like no shade of red is the same as the next. While I usually hate the cold, I’ve found being back in Washington I’m actually enjoying it. I like bundling up in lots of jackets and regretting when I space and wear my flip-flops outside (which was my footwear of choice in Florida year round). I’m excited at the prospect of wearing mittens and scarves again. I have a deep love and addiction to scarves and look forward to expanding my collection beyond the simple three I currently own.

I plan on enjoying and savoring Fall and its colors, scents, and textures every time I go outside and am looking forward to the changing over to winter with the ice, snow, and white surroundings. I can’t wait to sled down the hill, laughing all the way (how cliché!). But in the meantime, I’m glad Fall is here to stay.

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