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Fall Fun List Success
An autumn festival (already scheduled, just need to ask off) with my grandparentsJoin in on our family Ladies Shopping Day; I have only been able to join on show-and-tell the last few times. We’ve tried to have 1-2 shopping days with the ladies in Mom’s extended family where we shop at antique stores and consignment shops with a break for lunch and an end of day after snack and show-and-tell showcasing our finds at the end. So much fun.Spend lots of time with my nieceand take lots of good photos. Since I’ve gotten a new phone, I’ve gotten some photos and videos, mostly videos. It’s more fun just to talk to her and watch her though.- Maybe a autumn hiking trip. No.
- Buy all my planning stuff for next year. I bought some, not the fun stuff though and that after fall
Read tons more:Participate in Classics Club dareand read 5 more from list. I did read a ton more, just not much from the Classics Club although I did start War and Peace.- Work on blog development a bit (Genesis, IP, spam, disclosure). No.
- Make serious dent in my sewing stash. I haven’t sewn at all.
- Finish second smocked baby dress ASAP
- Two more business skirts
- Fall dresses and skirts
- Baby dresses for summer (as Christmas gifts)
- Tons of baby bows and such
- Make a serious dent in my knitting stash. No, but I’ve done a little at using up some odd balls and leftovers by making one bonnet for my niece as well as two more in different sizes and starting a fourth plus a bit for Christmas.
- Knit at least one sweater and sweater dress for me
- Baby sweaters, rompers, sweater dresses. I finished my niece’s shrug and just started her sweater dress, after Christmas
- Socks for me
- Baby socks
- Dress up as Audrey Hepburn from How to Steal a Million for Halloween. Maybe next year.
- Start working on regency outfit. No, I could have at least make some mock-ups, I have plenty of scraps/muslin for some of that, but I lacked the motivation.
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Fall Fun List and To-Do’s
I always love seasonal “bucket” lists, and enjoy reading Hamlette’s to-dos. I’m an inveterate list making . . . and list-ignorer. I’ll probably put up a final quarter to-do list once I’ve formulated it. It will be MUCH simpler than the ones I previously made myself.
Fall Fun/Hobby To-Do List
- An autumn festival (already scheduled, just need to ask off) with my grandparents
- Join in on our family Ladies Shopping Day; I have only been able to join on show-and-tell the last few times. We’ve tried to have 1-2 shopping days with the ladies in Mom’s extended family where we shop at antique stores and consignment shops with a break for lunch and an end of day after snack and show-and-tell showcasing our finds at the end. So much fun.
- Spend lots of time with my niece and take lots of good photos
- Maybe a autumn hiking trip
- Buy all my planning stuff for next year
- Read tons more: Participate in Classics Club dare and read 5 more from list
- Work on blog development a bit (Genesis, IP, spam, disclosure)
- Make serious dent in my sewing stash
- Finish second smocked baby dress ASAP
- Two more business skirts
- Fall dresses and skirts
- Baby dresses for summer (as Christmas gifts)
- Tons of baby bows and such
- Make a serious den in my knitting stash
- Knit at least one sweater and sweater dress for me
- Baby sweaters, rompers, sweater dresses
- Socks for me
- Baby socks
- Dress up as Audrey Hepburn from How to Steal a Million for Halloween
- Start working on regency outfit
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Autumn Music and Mood
I’m not that into music. I listen in the car to block out silence (and I almost NEVER here music on the radio that I like much less love), but I usually prefer silence otherwise. And I have a hard time finding music that I love. And sometimes I love some music sometimes and sometimes I don’t love it.
I pulled out a flute/harp duet c.d (very Irish/Celtic sounding) because I thought of it and wanted to make sure I hadn’t misplaced it. That got me to thinking how seasonally appropriate it was. And then I thought about autumn music. And what I think fits fall. Contemplative, sentimental, spooky, sorrowful, haunting. I love the season of fall but a lot of what fits the autumn mood is a bit too depressing for me.* This c.d. is a not always what I need even though it is so beautiful. And scary books? Yeah, I’ll do Agatha Christie . . . and fall Hallmark.
I’m more into pretty fall colors, the actual change of the season, bonfires, and yummy fall food involving pumpkin, molasses, and spices. But I still think I need a touch of the spooky for it to really fall. And I find it fun to dress up for Halloween (again, not scary, just dress-up).
Anyway. I tried to think up some other good music that fits my description.
“River Flows in You”
Enya
LOTR** soundtrack. Especially Rohan themes.
Celtic
Folk songs
The Hanging Tree*I may have mentioned this before. I know a lot of people joke around about the U.S. term (and the Pinterest quotes are funny), but I have a Latin dictionary and also looked on Whitaker’s words, and “autumnus/i” means . . . wait for it . . . autumn. I even looked in my massive Webster’s dictionary for some hint as to a deeper etymology. Other than finding out the origin is possibly Etruscan, nothing. So its an old word for the season. Yeah. I love learning, but I despise pedantry and sophistry. Rant over.
**I love the artistry of these movies, and I think the music is probably one of my favorite parts, but I have a hard time enjoying the story anymore. I’m really not into epics or really action movies (using that description quite broadly). And some parts in these movies are hysterical (where they aren’t supposed to be). I’m not the dramatic teenager anymore, and apparently, I’m the hardened skeptic who takes nothing seriously, lol. -
Autumn Bucket List
About a month ago, I saw a lovely idea for a bucket list here on The Enchanting Rose. I at first thought I “needed” to buy pretty patterned paper and jewels too, but realized that I could use stamps and paint to add detail to the paper we already had.
I picked out this gorgeous sketchbook from my notebook and journal hoard (mostly from Half-Price); this will be my art journal for autumn and winter. I made my version fairly quickly for me although it has taken me awhile to post.
I am so proud of this. I picked the colors to match the notebook cover.
I kept my options rather general. I’m hoping to get a photo and art page out of a couple of these; I think that would be fun. What are y’all’s fall plans?
