Easy-peasy. Fall is the very best season of any 12-month calendar!

There’s the color, the vibrancy, those chill walks in a magical wood, good old-fashioned hayrides. There’s Halloween and mums and jack-o’-lanterns and fall decor and Trick or Treat and the lead-in to Thanksgiving and Christmas.

There’s fun sweaters, turtlenecks, leggings, boots and comfy sweatshirts. The yummy fall hues of orange and red and yellow and gold and crimson, scarlet, mauve and purple.

We’ve got outdoor craft shows and college football. Don’t forget those delicious hot beverages: steaming cups of chai and hot chocolate. Or a glass of wine listening to outdoor music.

Falling leaves, that satisfying crunch underfoot, that somehow pleasant scent of decay in the air. Pumpkins and gourds, acorn squash and apples.

Fall is my favorite time of year, hands-down, bar-none. As soon as the heat & humidity starts to wreak its havoc – even in June – I’m ready for autumn. Each and every time!