Oh, my goodness, y'all...today is a PET day! (Any of you who read Anne of Green Gables knows what I'm talking today. Even though it's very warm (low 90s), there is a delicious little breeze and the light has the slant that means that Autumn is drawing near. In fact, it is only EIGHTEEN days away.
Autumn is my favorite time of year and I pine for it at the end of Summer. So when I saw how this weekend was shaping up (lows in the lower 50s at night--can anybody say "bonfire?"), I was just elated. And then I remembered the most excellent book I got a couple of years ago: and got even more elated. Giddy? Maybe.
AND THEN--I remembered that when I got the book, I accidentally ordered an extra copy of it. I was supposed to give it to a friend, but I just forgot it and it sat in my witchy cupboard for...um...months. Unremembered, still tucked in its cardboard sleeve, full of goodness and spicy yumminess and YAY! FALLNESS!!!
Ahem.
Want it? You really do. It's chock full of European harvest myths and legends, Autumnal horoscope info, moon and goddess and god magic, garden stuff, a whole frickin' Mabon (Harvest Apple Upside Down Cakeareyoukiddingme??) menu and more--and it's all told in the simple, practical, often funny voice that Ellen Dugan is famous for. Even though I'm rocking the Elemental Paganicity right now, I STILL love to read this book, and will definitely be incorporating some of Dugan's stuff in the Equinoctial Celebration (err...still working on the name...) I'm planning. So.
Here's the deal: just leave a comment here, telling us what your favorite thing about the Autumn is. For me, it's the smell of spices and dried leaves, the enchanting shift in the light, the bonfires, the cooking and visiting to be done, football games, the fair...heh. That's more than one thing, hunh? Oh, well...I'm easy like Sunday morning around here. Anyway, leave your comment, and I'll randomly draw a name next Saturday and in a few days...YAY! Mabon woohoonesss!
I regret that I can only ship to the US and Canada, although if you are living over the pond and want to enter the drawing, we might be able to work out a shipping arrangement.
Disclaimer: Please note that if you click the link above and wind up buying the book, I (NotHannah) will receive an advertising fee. Clicking on the link is NOT necessary to enter the drawing for the book.
I love crisp mornings and evenings along with the deepening blue of the sky against orange/yellow/red leaves.
ReplyDeleteI love taking long walks in the crackling leaves and nights drinking mulled cider. Mmmmm!!!
ReplyDeleteWoohoo is right! My favourite autumn activity is walking in our river valley, seeing all the beautiful leaves, smelling that amazing autumn woodsmokey smell, and feeling the cooler fall air.
ReplyDeleteWhat don't I love.... I love watching the squirrels gathering acorns, I love bon fires and warm adult drink.
ReplyDeleteI love the smell of green chile roasting, apple cider being made, the sound of leaves as you stomp through them, the crackle of the fire and the yummy crisp feeling in the air in the morning. What's not to love, The Olde Bagg
ReplyDeleteTurtlenecks. Hot chocolate. Raking leaves into a big pile and then jumping in them. The smell of a bonfire. The ancient whispers of our ancestors on a cold night. Dew in the morning. Flame red leaves.... the list goes on! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the cool weather. I allows my youngest to actually explore nature and have fun in the sun. Little J cannot go outside in weather over 75 for more than a few minutes and we live in TEXAS.
ReplyDeleteAs for me personally, I love the sweaters and sweatshirts, the smell of wood on a fire, and the crunchy of all the brown leaves. Unfirtunately, Texas doesn't get much other than green and brown. I love autumnal colors and dream of seeing the changing of the leaves.
onepinkfish @ yahoo .com
Autumn is my favorite season too. What is there not to love about it? The cooler temperatures (sweater weather yay!), the gorgeous foliage, the smells of burning woodchips, apple cider, pumpkin pie, halloween, etc. I love how it makes me feel too - that is, calmer, introspective, more grounded. Thanks for doing this giveaway - your generosity is much appreciated! :)
ReplyDeleteliving in the *now*, knowing that soon we must hunker down...taking in the last of the colors and the scents, before the harvest is done and the snow begins to fly.
ReplyDeleteI love slowing down, and I love the food. I love root veggies that mature in the fall, and I love the dinners I make with them. They fill my belly and soul like no other foods around!
ReplyDeleteI love the leaves falling like ash from the sky, but mostly I love the wind. It's so gentle and you can feel the whispers the change that it brings. Autumn is just so cleansing. :)
ReplyDeleteI think I love the gentle Fall breezes the most. The kind that carry the leaves with it and wraps around you like the arms of an old friend.
ReplyDeleteI adore the crispness in the air that seems to last all day...and waking up to that same crisp air after sleeping with the windows open! Also, I love curling up with a good book in a comfy chair by a window with a mug of tea/coffee/hot chocolate during an Autumn shower. And of course the being outside in Autumn because it's just perfect, not too hot and not too cold!
ReplyDeleteI just love the smell of the air outside.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great giveaway :)
mrsjohnson1982 at yahoo dot com
The smell is so wild, so fresh, so full of everything. I looooove it so much, the cold on my skin, the colors, the feeling of winter's first snow!!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of autumn is how different the air feels.
ReplyDeleteI have lots of favorite parts... I love the crisp, chilly air as it blows through my hair, I love feeling gloves on my hands & a scarf around my neck. I love spiced cider (soft & hard) and apples, fresh from the tree. I love pumpkins (I'm obsessed...) and Halloween. I love how the light is different during the day. I love leaves falling from trees in gusts of wind & swirling about me as I walk. *dreamy sigh*
ReplyDeleteIt's almost here & I can't wait! ^-^
My favorite thing about fall is the sensation of transition and changes it leaves me with. As if the winds could sweep me away at any moment, and I might end up the gods know where... and the smells, and the colors of the leaves, and waving good-by to summer, and preparing for the dark season when all you want to do is curl up with a mug of hot chocolate and read a good book.
ReplyDelete(I love all seasons. Autumn still is my favorite.)
I love everything about fall!!! I love the sound of the leaves crunching under my feet....the smell of fires burning in fireplaces....going and buying apples from orchards.....the fall colors.....pumpkins.....hayrides.....Halloween.....I could just go on and on....oh....and HOT CHOCOLATE!!! I'm so excited that it's almost here!!
ReplyDeleteWinter is my favorite season, but autumn is a very close second. That cool crisp air after a sweltering summer just makes life wonderful!
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My favorite autumn things...Thanksgiving in October (being a Canuck, and all), family gathering, pumpkin pie, apple cider, trees changing colour, hikes in the colourful woods, the smell of the leaves, apples....cool crisp mornings, blueblueblue skies, sweaters....and Hallowe'en :) Haha, possibly my most favorite thing is all my extended family over at my parents house for Thanksgiving, and going across the road to the farm to pick apples and pumpkins, and the inevitable corn-fights that erupt in the corn maze. Nothing is funnier than watching the uncles try to peg each other with handfuls of dried corn, hehehe :)
ReplyDeleteI love the deepening blue blueness of the sky and the freshness of the air and the colors, colors, colors of the leaves turning.
ReplyDeleteI love just about everything about fall. The crispness in the air, the flavors, egg nogg and pumpkin lattes, just everything!
ReplyDeleteOne thing? How can I choose just one thing about autumn??? I love the smell of the leaves fallen, of woodfires, the feel of the cool caressing my skin, mulled wine, good times with friends, the colors of bright red against a sapphire blue sky, Mabon and Samhain! Oh, and my birthday. ^_^ What ISN'T there to like about fall?
ReplyDeleteI have always loved autumn... autumn is when I can finally wear sweaters again, when the leaves turn brilliant colors, and it's finally cool enough to do some work around the house! But my favorite thing about autumn is the food. I see lots of great meal ideas in the summer but we're often too busy for me to cook them... or they're not summer appropriate. So fall becomes my cooking time.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite thing about autumn is going apple picking with my boys and then making homemade apple sauce and apple butter for Mabon. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteI'm so ready for autumn- the smell in the air, anything made with pumpkin. Apples overflowing. The color orange. and my favorite holiday (not turkey day)
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