Hello, November! We’re ready for the many autumn strolls you will bring us with leaves crunching underfoot and hot cups of coffee in our hands. We’re ready for our house to smell of apples, cinnamon and cloves as we begin our annual process of cooking and canning apple butter to use for the months ahead on oatmeal, toast, cakes and warmed over vanilla ice cream.
We’re ready for candlelit evenings as darkness closes in, lingering at the dinner table while a record plays. We’re ready for gingerbread, hot apple cider and crispy sausages eaten with the smell of woodsmoke in the air. We’re ready for the Thanksgiving feast you will herald in at the end of the month and the turkey, stuffing and gravy sandwiches that are sure to follow.
We’re ready to move more fully into autumn and the stillness that you bring as we watch one season slowly begin to slip into the next. Welcome November, we’re ready for all that you hold for us.
