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A New Season

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I’m a true California girl. I live for summer, so when the days grow cooler and the days become shorter, it has always been a difficult transition for me.  I would pout my way through autumn, because really, finding a true fall season in Southern California is pretty much impossible. A couple of years ago I decided it was time to stop pouting about it and find fall on my own and I have.  Pumpkin patches? Check.  Apple picking? (yes, even here in SoCal!), check.  A yummy pumpkin latte? Well, that’s a given.  But what truly signifies the changing seasons for me?  Football!  High school, college, professional, it doesn’t matter.  Fall is in the air, people.  Even for me, this born and bred California girl.  🙂

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  5. I love Fall with all the red and golden hues. Plus it means comfort foods, the warmth of the oven and the smells it brings with it……

  6. There is something about a fair that symbolizes the fall to me. The sound of the announcer calling the dairy cows to their beauty contest. The smell of cotton candy and caramel apples. The warm sunshine and slight breeze from the highest point of the Ferris Wheel. Family outside together, celebrating the glorious day we have been given.

  7. I have a new love this season. Football. More to the point, capturing the suspended action of players in mid-air, mid-tackle. My two sons are playing for the first time and after a lifetime of hating football, I'm now a huge fan (of their teams of course!!!) But going to the games with my camera and seeing the game through my lens…its so exciting! I've been printing out the pictures and giving them to the other parents. They LOVE having these pictures of their boys. I'm glad I can give that to them.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/amygillard/6143864542/

  8. I love fall's cooler, crisp air. I love weekends on familiar, fan-filled bleachers watching kids and sports. In New England, the leaves and light change every day, making each errand and chore a delightful adventure!

  11. I'm a midwesterner transplanted to Texas so I really miss the transition to fall. We're still having temps over 100 here, so it's hard to start celebrating a new season yet. But I am looking forward to our annual visit to the pumpkin patch and church fall festival next month!

  12. I'm a midwesterner too, transplanted to the desert. I so crave a little bit of crisp fall action! And I miss all the apple orchards and pumpkin farms, too. I just may have to live vicariously through all y'alls photos. 😉

  16. Fall is my favorite season. Always has been! I too live in Southern California, but I find so much joy in seeking out the changes (VERY minor here as you know) that come with the change. The slightly crisp air, pumpkin flavored anything, my birthday, Halloween and Thanksgiving, the colors, sweaters…I could go on and on 🙂 Here is a post I wrote on my blog last year after taking Tracey's Picture Fall http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7320771465486590910#editor/target=post;postID=2632469067817048684

  17. Fall is my favorite time of year! Crisp cool weather, pumpkins, baked goods, gathered around a firepit with a cup of hot chocolate! I love it all!

  18. Reminds me that I need to get myself to a game or two to photograph my daughter. I have no pics of her this season performing.

  19. I just adore autumn…especially when the air starts to smell like smoke and the morning dawn pink with loads of fog. time to grab the camera and head out to the park!

  25. accompanying my son's preschool class to the "apple tortured" (orchard) on Thurs – hoping for some great pics!

  26. I'm just the opposite. I love fall. And it will be a welcome relief from the Texas heat. Longing for some pumpkins on my porch.

  30. oh autumn! how do i love thee!

    even tried to persuade my husband that if we had a daughter, we coul d name her Autumn since it was – and will remain – my bestest loved season. So much so that I look forward to it in August already because August and Autumn share so many of the same letters. lame, i know, but there it is.

    autumn for me means BAKING! and rain drops. and cool, crisp skies. and snuggling in. i think of it like Spring's twin, but the more relaxed, calm and gentle side, since Spring is so spritely and bubbly.

    autumn is also a time for reflection, Thanksgiving (Canadian, eh?!), birthday, Oktoberfest, Hallowe'en, back to school, wild winds and a return to scarves and snuggly sweaters.

    oddly enough, though I have a large photo collection of Autumn beauty, none of it is online! but thank you for encouraging us to embrace this lovely season!

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