Every Sense

"Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn." - Elizabeth Lawrence

Autumn is a beatiful time of year. The air gets cool enough to keep you feel refreshed, without freezing you, the leaves turn colors and eventually litter lawns all over town.. It's a season that satisfies every sense. Sight: the leaves, of course, plus all the festivities of bonfires, fall festivals, and leaf-pile jumping. Smell: cinnamon, apple cider, pumpkin pie... and food on Thanksgiving. Enough said. Taste: Halloween and Thanksgiving. Once again, enough said. Hearing: laughter as kids play outside. And finally, touch, the cool air, soft breeze, and warming sensation of a hoodie.

It's sad that this season seems to be cut short every year. It doesn't get cool soon enough, and gets too cold too fast. When I think of autumn, I think of warmth of heart, maybe not physical warmth (especially since I'm cold-natured). It's by far my favorite season of the year, closely followed by spring. Either way, I will miss this fall, but its the natural progression, and it will always return next year. And when winter comes, whiting out the world, I'll just remember to... smile because it happened...