so many fantastic giveaways happening this week I decided to add to the fun.
Tell me your favorite thing about the autumn season by midnight sunday and you could win a few natural dyed crochet covered pebbles and your very own spore print ( if I can figure out a way to mail them without getting smudged).
(porch tabel with some of the treasures I brought home from Nova Scotia and some spore printing happening in the far right lower corner)
have a wonderful weekend
xo
m
Well, apart from the beautiful, cooler weather and the changing leaves... I love switching over to sweaters, corduroy pants, scarves and fingerless gloves and trying new ways to layer them. I also love seeing the fun things that you come up with, with the changes in season, always beautiful, creative and different.
xo
Posted by: Caitlin | September 16, 2011 at 06:26 PM
fresh pressed apple cider. harvesting the squash from the garden and digging potatoes. bugling elk.
Posted by: Ruth | September 16, 2011 at 06:28 PM
What a generous giveaway, Margie. My favourite thing about autumn is the quality of light. The days may be shorter but while the sun shine, it has such a beautiful orange-pink quality to it.
Posted by: tara | September 16, 2011 at 06:43 PM
I love wearing my new boots, smelling the crisp, fresh air, the sunflowers that pop up along all of the Colorado roadways, the leaves changing, the crickets singing in the cooler night air, the harvest moons...Reading blog posts by artists sharing their autumns with each other...
Posted by: Camilla La Mer | September 16, 2011 at 06:45 PM
i was thinking hairspray too :)
i love seeing all the lovely comments!
(especially the long ones like above!)
love!
Posted by: rebekalice | September 16, 2011 at 07:42 PM
My favorite thing is for all the migrating birds to arrive!! And yes, they've already started showing up, I'm so excited.
Posted by: Kate | September 16, 2011 at 07:43 PM
the autumn season just gives me that spring in my step, the comfy/cozy times, the beautiful colors. So perfect!
Posted by: krista | September 16, 2011 at 07:56 PM
This is easy to answer! I just got through excitedly telling my husband that I saw my first large flock of starlings fluidly flying through the sky today. They always fascinate me this time of year - such amazing coordination. 2nd favorite thing is warm socks!
Thanks for the giveaway - I think your mushroom spores are so terrific!
Posted by: Chris | September 16, 2011 at 08:35 PM
Wow.. everything! The weather, the colors, THE FOOD, the smells, the feeling, the holidays. It is my favorite season!
Posted by: Hanna | September 16, 2011 at 08:52 PM
my favorite thing about fall is when it is still warm enough to sleep with the windows open but then also chilly enough to need an extra blanket!
ps love love love the mushroom spore printing!
Posted by: colleen j. | September 16, 2011 at 09:08 PM
My favourite thing about autumn has to the taking a drive out in the country and seeing all the leaves on the trees changing, bliss!
Posted by: brittany | September 16, 2011 at 10:50 PM
Autumn feels wistful and contemplative after the exuberance of summer. A chance to slow down and take a breath.
Posted by: Evonne | September 16, 2011 at 11:28 PM
Fall is my favorite season of the year. Fall is shades of orange, red, yellow, and browns. Fall is pumpkins, apples, muscadines and scuppernongs, apple cider, caramel, Indian corn, candy corn, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Fall brings cooler temperatures, wearing jackets, mums, thanksgiving, falling leaves, and my birthday. These are all the things I love about fall.
Posted by: Ashley Lee | September 16, 2011 at 11:58 PM
The best thing about fall is the weather. I love it when it stops being 100degrees F outside (in Georgia). It was 80 today and I got to ride with the windows down. I also love the sunlight. It changes in mid September here. I'm guessing it must be changing a little along the way, but I never seem to notice until it's suddenly not the same light as the overbearing summer sun. I love how it starts to turn the leaves at sunset even before the leaves are ready to show off.
Posted by: Lacey | September 17, 2011 at 12:19 AM
I just love the colder weather! I love wearing as many clothes as possible!
Posted by: Allison Cecil | September 17, 2011 at 01:25 AM
Thank you! I love being able to take the harvest and put up foods for my family and friends. I love the sounds of the geese and sea birds as they head off on their long migrations to the south. Fall has working weather, where it is not too hot or too cold, too wet or too dry. It gently leads us into winter with the softness of leaves falling on the waters. Hugs to you and yours! Happy Weekend!
Posted by: Sherry Harmes | September 17, 2011 at 04:14 AM
p.s. You could also use hairspray as a spray fixative for your spore prints :)
Posted by: Sherry Harmes | September 17, 2011 at 04:16 AM
I love Autumn for its crisp blue sky, cool breezes with a hint of winter, turning leaves, pumpkins, and that thrilling feeling that all things are possible!
Posted by: sharon palac | September 17, 2011 at 04:35 AM
What I love about autumn is the light. And also how a sunny day can still feel like summer. And cold and crisp mornings... :)
Posted by: Marion | September 17, 2011 at 04:51 AM
I love autumn! And most of all I love to see the leaves change their colors as if the trees were changing clothes or if a painter had carefully painted every leaf. And how the leaves dance in the wind when they finally leave the tree... It's almost hard not to continue on and on about things I love about autumn. :)
And I also love your blog! :)
Posted by: Aija | September 17, 2011 at 05:38 AM
even though we are heading into Spring, i must say the stunning color of leaves..on the trees..and the heaps of dry leaves on the ground with children jumping in them..always makes me smile..lovely table Margie...the whole layout makes me smile...
Posted by: jenni | September 17, 2011 at 05:58 AM
Wow, I love the prints! They look so delicate.
What I like about autumn: the smells, the light, the colours, the chill, and also the desire to seriously start crafting again.
Unfortunately it hasen't really hit us yet, here we are still in that in-between state of the end of summer and not-quite-fall. I can't wait...
Posted by: het groene kamertje | September 17, 2011 at 06:44 AM
The air in autumn has a feeling it in that no other season has. It's so alive.
Posted by: Melissa R | September 17, 2011 at 07:50 AM
At first I always try to hold on to summer, but realize after eating my first bowl of pumpkin soup, that autumn is actually my favorite season. Wearing those hand knit sweaters I made, eating those warm soups and stew I love, mmmmmmmm!!
Posted by: Heleen | September 17, 2011 at 10:01 AM
you are such a wonderful, generous person Margie! what beautiful treats you are offering too!
Favourites of autumn: crisp mornings, golden light, wooly layers, pumkins & squash, soup season, and of course lots and lots o' mushrooms!
Posted by: k | September 17, 2011 at 01:05 PM
Autumn means the restoring my favorite boots to their rightful place in the front of my closet. The pageantry of the New England leaves never gets old, even after 44 years, and when those same leaves finally let go, I have an abundance of natural light pouring into my otherwise shady house (to make up for the shortness of the winter days). Your spore prints are amazing - I have tried and tried to do this, with no success!
Posted by: iamrushmore | September 17, 2011 at 01:58 PM
relief from the sweltering heat here in alabama--it's been brutal. sweet relief! and very much looking forward to wearing my Tea Leaves cardigan (my first ever adult-sized hand-knit garment).
Posted by: Sarah Lee | September 17, 2011 at 02:28 PM
I have never heard of spore prints how wonderful!.. they look amazing!..as do your crocheted pebbles!... I love being able to wear my boots again in the autumn .. and being able to get in the garden again after the blistering heat of the texan summer.. and I do have a soft spot for funghi!
Posted by: Helen Wheeler Shaw | September 17, 2011 at 03:21 PM
hello margie! Well,to answer to your question: what I love in Automn are the changes it means: new appearance of trees and so forests,lower temperatures, more time at home, fire burning in the stove, warmer clothes, more festive cooking, the waiting of snow, and the coming soon of ....Christmas time and its preparation.... Have a nice weekend....
Posted by: Sabine | September 17, 2011 at 04:28 PM
I wish we had more of Autumn here in Southern California. Sometimes it's the hottest, driest time of the year. But at least we get to have lots of my favorite part of Fall... Pumpkins! We are crazy for them in my family.
Posted by: elisa.b | September 17, 2011 at 04:32 PM
-Candy corn
-fall leaves
-cooler temps, but sunny days
-my birthday ;D
-knowing the spring bulbs are readying themselves to appear in the spring
Posted by: Jeannie | September 17, 2011 at 04:47 PM
You might try a spray fixative for your prints - nasty smelling stuff, but it should do the trick.
I love feeling that shift in the air when summer turns to fall. That cold night air always makes me sleep best!
Posted by: Megan | September 17, 2011 at 05:55 PM
the leaves...baking chessnuts...the browns....
Posted by: Edith | September 17, 2011 at 07:03 PM
i do love autumn, especially september (eek! i can't believe it is almost over!), it is the best time to enjoy the beaches around here! The energy at the turning of each season is always so intense, but somehow calm at the same time... although i am not really ready for it to be fall, i do love the changing color of leaves that new england offers :)
p.s. maybe you can put the spore print in a plastic sleeve to help prevent smudging?
Posted by: brittan | September 17, 2011 at 07:33 PM
Autumn is my favourite time of year...there is still that lovely warmth in the earth, I love the sound of the leaves falling from the trees and I really enjoy raking them all up, enjoying being outside. (mind you we are just coming into spring over here in Australia...also a beautiful, regenerative season)
Love your beautiful crocheted rocks.
Jacky xox
Posted by: jacky | September 17, 2011 at 09:47 PM
I was born in the autumn and I love the leaves. I gather them and make leaf prints. The cool weather and Thanksgiving are the most favorite things.
Posted by: diane | September 17, 2011 at 10:13 PM
I love the fall harvest season and putting the bounty up in glass jars to pull off the shelf in midwinter. I also love crunchy fall leaves to walk through, and the golden light of autumn twilight.
Posted by: Myriam | September 17, 2011 at 10:58 PM
Autumn is my absolute favorite time of year. the temprature is usally just right and the perfect time for oversised fuzzy sweaters, crunching your feet in the fallen leaves, more time for art , and bird are everywere. thank you for the give-away ^_^
Posted by: Mireya | September 17, 2011 at 11:04 PM
I would love to win some of your rocks and a spore print. I have bought crochet thread and hooks, but haven't had time to try my hand at it yet. I probably need direct inspiration.
Ah, Autumn. A bittersweet time, saying goodbye to Summer and acknowledging that Winter is going to be arriving soon. But those bright clear blue skies of Autumn take my breath away. I love how the sunlight changes and makes the treesong different. The birds come back to the suet feeder and I become hopeful of seeing the big red headed woodpecker again. I mow the lawn for the last time (yay) and pick queen anne's lace to press in phone books. Soon maple leaves will join them.
Posted by: Ginigin | September 18, 2011 at 12:26 AM
I love the fabulous colors, the cool bright breezes, the back-to-school energy, the knitting (oh, the knitting!), the huge, gray waves on the lake, wearing a hat, holding little cold fingers in mine, candles, early sunsets, making things for Christmas, the smell of woodsmoke. Autumn, love.
Posted by: Heather L. | September 18, 2011 at 12:34 AM
I love fall for the crisp air and the changing of the leaves as the green turns to gold, yellow, orange and red. It also brings back College Football, go Texas Tech Red Raiders!
I love the mushroom spore prints and I've admired your covered stones for a while now. I love seeing that you brought stones home from your trip, I usually bring home rocks/stones from places I go...glad to know that I am not the only one with "rocks in my head".
Posted by: Rendell | September 18, 2011 at 01:10 AM
I love the crisp mornings, changing leaves, seeing my breath in the air, winter squashes and all the ways they can be eaten, and the upcoming holidays. It's always been my favorite season. Thank you for offering such a lovely giveaway, as always.
Posted by: Sarah Wick | September 18, 2011 at 02:06 AM
Favorite thing in autumn? Just about everything about it. The colored leaves dancing in a warm wind. And the light. The light makes it so cosy, slowing things down for a rest.
Oh and a pebble from you would make it perfect;)
Thanks for a chance.
Posted by: dita | September 18, 2011 at 05:02 AM
Gorgeous blog ;)
Best thing about autumn is the smell, the colors and the cool air.
Best regards
Kristine
Posted by: Kristine Kjær Schmeling | September 18, 2011 at 06:41 AM
What a LOVELY and GENEROUS giveaway! My favorite things about Fall..
campfires on crisp, cool starry nights..
the smell of the woods..
The brilliant blue sky..
The everchanging hues of the leaves..against that brilliant blue sky..
the first fire of the season...indoors..
sweaters..hot tea..and candlelights...
Rosy cheeks on my little guy playing football!
Enjoying your work...as always! Thank you...
Posted by: Michaelanneneal | September 18, 2011 at 11:48 AM
This year I discovered the Hawk migration, and the many broadwing hawks finding the thermals and making soaring kettles of two hundred and more birds, then streaming off west to find their way around the lake and south on the flyway.Can't wait for the Harriers and falcons to go through the end of this month... now that I'm hooked.
Judy
Posted by: Judy brown | September 18, 2011 at 11:59 AM
sweaters, jeans, playing outside without mosquitos, pumpkin picking... eek ... we are so excited for autumn to be *official*. :-)
Posted by: erin | September 18, 2011 at 01:24 PM
How can I pick just one thing that is my favorite about autumn? I think it's the whole atmosphere, a sort of tucking in and coziness after the outwardness of summer. Golden colors, warm fires, homemade soups on the stove - these all contribute to my love of fall.
Posted by: Jennifer | September 18, 2011 at 02:40 PM
I love autuum because:
The Day of ALL Saints,
wind,
my children in mud,
pumpkin,
cooking jams,
orange sun,
evening,
homesickness,
and our wedding anniversary...
Regards from Cracow!!!
Posted by: Mojeatoto.blogspot.com | September 18, 2011 at 04:40 PM
This tear collecting leaves and conkers with my boy on the way back from school
Posted by: anne-marie davies | September 18, 2011 at 05:30 PM