Nesting and Nestling

This is a mash up of a bunch of pictures from the last few days/weeks. October has always been a favourite month of mine. Here in Canada it means Thanksgiving, for one thing, and for another, it means beautiful colors and markets teeming with root vegetables and colorful booths selling gourds and earth cherries for pennies! It means my apartment smells like butternut-squash soup and apple crisp and that my puppy and I can go for extra long walks and explore new neighbourhoods. And when we get home, we're both so tuckered out that we cuddle on the couch and watch old movies or listen to Louis Armstrong together.

There isn't much in this world that is more comforting to me than Fall, which is a feeling most people share I think. Casey already mentioned that it sends right into nesting mode, and I have to agree! This weekend is officially the pumpkin cookoff, and the week after that my Mom and I are having a "squirreling party" when we'll can a bunch of great things like pears and peaches and cherries as preserves for the winter! In the mean time I've been here at my apartment taking breaks from studying to make things like orzo with fresh dill and lemon!
I do hope everyone else is having as lovely an October as I have so far! From the looks of all the wonderful blogposts, I'm not the only one enjoying this awesome season!