As much as I love summertime and warm weather and all of the things that accompany summer, there is something also incredibly satisfying about fall weather. The air feels crisp when you breathe it into your body. There is a smell of fires burning in fireplaces at night. The leaves are all crispy beneath your feet. And the light is this beautiful golden color that is reminiscent of maple leaves and butternut squashes. And perhaps I love fall because it signals the arrival of pumpkin season. And I absolutely adore all things pumpkin. Pumpkin pie, naturally. But there is pumpkin butter, pumpkin pancakes (see yesterday's post), pumpkin scones and fritters. Pumpkin ice cream. Pumpkin ravioli. Pumpkin soup and pumpkin stew. Pumpkin cookies. Oh, and pumpkin bread. Mmmm, I cannot get enough of pumpkin. And they just look so damn cheerful with their fat, ribbed bodies and little green stems. It is like they are big orange smiley faces growing on vines, just to make me happy.
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