CLEAN OUT THE FRIDGE STEW-OUP

The daylight hours are shorter, the air is cooler.  The sky at dusk is stunning in its pastel, clear pinks and blues.  You can always tell when it is a fall night or a spring night or summer night or winter night.  The colours and texture of the sky are distinctly different.  Even the clouds are different.

I love the fall- all its stages.  The leaves are gone, the days seem grey...you can smell the smoke of fireplaces and wood stoves.  As the darkness comes in and wraps me in its warm cloak I get a deep sense of comfort and well being.  Yes, the Universe was wise to order up Fall.  As night falls quicker, the days seem to fly by.  November- so hard to believe it is November.

Fall, for me, is a time of preparing for winter- digging out boots, hats, mitts, coats.  Strange to see all the bulk!  Daily challenges with the kids- no, you cannot wear shorts today or ever again !  (until the spring.)  It is also a time to hunker down- read, listen to music, spend times in doors relaxing, planning for Christmas. 

More important, it is important to remain healthy and vital- exercise, eat well.

Even the food we eat changes- fruits and veggies for the winter season.  More warm, soul feeding foods.

My favorite is my "Clean out the Fridge Stew-oup".