Fall=roots.

The morning is GORGEOUS! Slept late with my baby girl...a wish she often voices, "Mama, will you sleep with me tonight?" SO thankful I took the time to say yes and bless my baby! Taking time...not something I do often, maybe I am growing up? After lazily sipping coffee and enjoying ALL of us here together, we moved out to the patio and started a fire in the chiminea on the patio. COOL, windy...great...then we moved into cleanup mode: yard, house, etc because the remnants of summer no longer fit the season.

In that cleanup, I pondered why I love Fall so much. It's really the end in many ways...the end of growing for so many plants I love, the end of green grass, the end of the pool, so what is it? It's also a beginning of sorts. It's the beginning of cool weather Football! It's the beginning of rest for my family...shorter days equal more time at home for Tony--yay us! It's the beginning of a holiday season of thankfulness for SO many things. It reminds me of my family at home...my GranNoni was an avid lover of Fall...her birthday, her beloved's birthday, goldenrod, leaves! I miss her. Boiled peanuts...my daddy and his family introduced me to that finery early in life...THANK YOU, DADDY! It's hog-killin' time...even though we don't anymore, the cool snap makes Tony and me think of it every year...maybe we'll just kill a hog again someday--for roots for our kids! It's syurp-makin' (sugar cane) time...my great grandparents did, Tony's family still does, and will miss it this year--definitely roots for my babes!! They will NEVER forget the cane mill...thank you Papa Ronnie!!

So there you go, my roots...that's why I love Fall. It's when I can ponder, get all nostalgic, and share our roots with the babes. It's also a time to deepen roots for them...our fire pit by the old barn, marshmallows, etc! So I'm off to boil some peanuts y'all! And in honor of my dear mama--English teacher forever-- 'Fall has Arriven!!' ;)