slowing life down....

This weekend, while in the dining room picking up pieces of half eaten hotdog dropped by my toddlers on Friday night, my eyes were drawn to the top of my buffet and the wooden bowl filled with pinecones. I set those pinecones out in early September, when the weather outside was still as it was in mid July, but Cirucci and I were anxiously awaiting the fall chill. We were ready for pumpkins and apples, but the weather had different ideas. We made fall inspired meals and dreamed of the days when the leaves would fall from the trees...but still it was 85 degrees outside.

Now it is February and I'm wondering, like I do every year, where the fall went. I love fall, or maybe at least the ideas of fall. I love going outside in a long sleeve tee shirt and a vest. I love to sleep with my windows open at night, the crisp chilly air blowing my curtains. I love pumpkin pie, baked apples and pumpkin pie. It feels like I may have missed fall this year (so did the weather in Maryland). As the winter continues on, I will try not to rush it. I will try to slow life down, enjoying the days as they come. Before I know it, it will be springtime and a whole new list of my idealist favorites!