Fall's List of 100 Tricks and Treats!
" I am so glad I live in a world where there is Octobers."
My absolute favorite time of year is upon us, and I have quite a list of the good stuff. So lace up your hiking boots and break out the warm fuzzy throws and crockpots! Pumpkin recipes await... and pumpkin being so highly rich in vitamins and minerals-and not many calories gives us the green light!
Here We Go!
1. Stroll through the woods, hiking in the White Mountains is the ultimate weekend activity happening right now!
2.Visiting a Apple Orchard, Windy Ridge in Haverhill is packed with pick your own apples, pumpkins, homemade cider donuts and wine
3. Carving Jack-O-Lanterns
4. Roast pumpkin seeds
5. Leaf peeping-in the country, take a drive through the Kancgamangus Highway
6. Roast smores at a bonfire
7. Play touch football or soccer
8. Go for a hayride
9. Burn plenty of fall scented candles, my favorites are Autumn Leaves and Pumpkin Spice
10. Decorate the front door and porch with a autumn wreath, mums and pumpkins
11. Make a fabulous homemade Halloween costume
12. Host a spooky Halloween party
13. Bake bread from scratch
14. Make a huge pot of homemade soup: corn chowder or seafood chowder
15. Homemade applesauce, apple pie or apple crisp
16. Break out your scarves, jeans and boots
17. Get lost in a corn maze
18. Have a family photo shoot outside
19. Host a pumpkin painting party
20. Pet farm animals
21. Make leaf art
22. Go on a nature/scavenger hunt
23. Read a book under a throw in front of a cozy fire
24. Enjoy the pumpkin spice season with pumpkin pancakes, coffee, and smoothies
25. Rake and Jump in the Leaves
26. Have a movie marathon including Charlie Browns Great Pumpkin, and Hocus Pocus
27. Attend a County Fair or Fall Festival
28. Collect pinecones and acorns; make crafts i.e. photo frames, bird feeders, Christmas ornaments
29. Visit a ghost town, ghost walk or take a trip to Salem Massachusetts
30. Host a tailgating party complete with chili and cornbread
31. Spice up your kitchen with homemade fall potpourri in crockpot
32. Make popcorn balls
33. Stargaze, camp out under stars
34. Make Halloween Slime
35. Spend afternoon antiquing and visiting flea markets
36. Knit warm cozy socks
37. Write a Homemade letter to Grammy and Grampa on Grandparents Day
38. Start making Christmas gifts
39. Plant Spring flowering bulbs
40. Make a Fun Halloween Music Playlist
41. Oktoborfest!
42. Have a board game party
43. Bob for Apples
44. Bake a batch of cinnamon rolls
45. Do a DIY autumn craft
46. Take your Holiday Photo
47. Make a Thankful Tree
48. Go to a park and fly a kite
49. Run in a Turkey Trot or 5K
50. Spice Apple Hot Toddie
51. Make a Scarecrow
52. Horseback riding
53. Chop and stack firewood ( help a elderly neighbor)
54. Play Kickball
55. Stay in cabin in the woods
56. Handprint bats and turkeys
57. Spider headbands
58. Turn clocks back
59. Roadtrip
60. Carmel and Candy Apples!
61. Essie Nailpolish in Sweater Weather
62. Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte creamer
63. Roast pork and fall vegetables
64. Cashmere socks
65. New stationary
66. Homemade autumn garland made from fallen leaves
67. Butternut squash drizzled with real Vermont Maple Syrup
68. Hot Spiced Apple Cider and Hot Cocoa 69. Smore's Pie
70. Change Fire Alarms!
71. Baked Apples with cinnamon sugar
72. Mummy hot dogs ( wrapped in pillsbury dough)
73. Plaid!
74. Dark Lip ( Moroccan Spice from Mac is my fave)
75. Yummy candy corn
76. Spooky faces glowing
77. Crunch of leaves underfoot
78. Duck Boots!
79. Time to Renew, Reset, Routines!
80. Peacoats
81. Crisp and Refreshing Hard Cider
82. Puppies in costume cuteness
83. Rally Sunday
84. Football
85. Shipyard Pumpkin Head
86. The World Series
87. Harvest Moon
88. Color! Oil painting canvas
89. Comfort Food
90. J.Crew Fall catalog
91. Tailgating
92. Orange everything! The new pink
93. Magical transformation of trees into rainbows
94. Jumping into big mounds of raked leaves
95. Potluck
96. Handing out candy to trick or treaters
97. Soccer tournaments
98. Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade
99. BEING GRATEFUL
100. SPECIAL TIMES WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY
ENJOY THE BEAUTY AROUND US! IT GOES AWAY TOO QUICKLY!
~PEACE AND BLESSINGS, BARBARA
