4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Cinnamon]

You change the spray in your sensor air freshener from cool water to mulled spices.

 

You start craving casseroles

 

You like the dark evenings because you can enjoy all your solar fairy lights in the garden earlier

 

The hens go on strike!

 

The white wine goes in the rack & the red wine comes out

 

You light candles again,& they are lovely spicy Autumnal scents

 

You stock up on Lemsip,thermals,brollies & dig out the scarves

 

Ditto the Crocs mammoths,with the furry lining!

 

You think about next summers holidays.......

[WitchHazel]

THe log basket comes out from the loft and is filled with logs

 

I start adding "firelighters" to my shopping delivery

 

We empty the greenhouse of the last tomato plants, and we order logs to store in there

 

Roast dinners come back on the SUnday lunch menu

 

I plan a day to make Christmas cakes and puddings

 

The coats swap with the jackets on the coat pegs

 

I have to remember to take a coat with me when I go out

 

We have to turn the lights on in the kitchen when we eat our evening meal...

 

..And the lights on in the bathroom in the mornings

[chickencam]

You struggle to get the washing dry even on a breezy day

You have a summerhouse full of winter squash

You have to change the time switches on the lamps

There is suddenly time to read in an evening

The good TV programmes come back

cats start using indoor litter tray

Getting up in the morning gets harder by the day

The Pimms goes away and you start thinking about mulled wine

You have apples with your morning cereal not raspberries

You crave soup not salad.

[peachachecha]

It's time for a trip to the apple orchard to pick apples.

the smell of apple butter filling the house while it is simmering on the stove

you already have 10 bags of leaves bagged and the maple trees are still full.

Timmy Tiptoes and his squirrel friends are collecting black walnuts and hidding them all over the yard and garden

you are pouring over the bulb catalog trying to decide which spring bulbs to plant this year

[The Dogmother]

I have to change the times on the security light in the porch

 

Start lighting the stove of an evening

 

Wearing socks and proper shoes

 

The cats decide to come in of a night instead of staying out to kill things

 

The dogs get evening walks in the local park instead of us walking across fields and in woods after work.

[Angie]

The children are collecting and playing conkers,

wishing my short hair had grown a bit faster to cover my neck,

I put the wellies by the back door and get the woolie socks out.

I have covered the outside tap with its thermal jacket and turned the water off to it.

I have spare wood chip and aubiose in the shed for the chucks next clean out.

I bought a bag of rock salt for the drive and put the snow shovel close to hand in the shed.

I have added hot chocolate and mallows to my shopping list.

Started looking for my next good read.

Got the horse winter coat out of my shed for ED.

[Bramble]

Stocking up on everything in case of winter snow;

Making warm porridge for the chucks in the morning ;

Coat at the ready for one very wimpy greyhound;

Spiders' webs EVERYWHERE;

Hoping each cut of the lawn will be the last for a while ;

Needing headlights on the way to and from work (and sometimes foglights);

This is the BEST time of year

[Egluntyne]

You tweak the shower setting because the icy blast is a bit too invigorating first thing in the morning.

[Sue_F]

You can't walk on the lawn as it's covered in yew berries, leaves and beech nuts

You have to put multiple jumpers on

You have to put the chooks to bed and give them extra corn

 

You lways expecting tomorrow to be the first day of frost...

 

Katy

[Redwing]

You tweak the shower setting because the icy blast is a bit too invigorating first thing in the morning.

 

quite true, the dial is creeping round on our shower

 

I know its autumn when I drive home from work, drive down the slope in to the village and see the lights on in all the houses and smell log fire smoke, it makes me feel so good to be home

[Alis girls]

OH (hes British born - but his ancestors are Greek) moans about hating the cold - hes lived here all his life and still isnt used to it.

Havent put on winter duvet but wont be long

Use cat as a foot warmer in bed

Casseroles are definately on menu

Porridge instead of toast

shoe instead of sandals

no more strappy tops

[Cinnamon]

When,............you look forward to the Starbucks red cups coming out.

You start going to Pret for their amazing soups,rather than the sandwiches

 

And,......................when you spen your entire 2 hour shift at work unable to speak due to a cold,but happily entertained anyhow because the boys on the shopfloor are making a Christmas display at the end of your til

[The Dogmother]

The Michaelmas Fair comes to town... next week

[lillybettybabs]

The Michaelmas Fair comes to town... next week

Hold on to your lead flashing, Apparently a lot of it was stolen from King Sutton last year and

the police suspect the fair workers.

I always loose my voice and come down with pharyngitis which i have now

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[The Dogmother]

Yes, the whole of town has to batten down when the fair is in town. Do you remember the year that they expected trouble and we had mounted police in town?

[lillybettybabs]

Yes, the whole of town has to batten down when the fair is in town. Do you remember the year that they expected trouble and we had mounted police in town?

Did they have to use the horses because all the tyres off the police vans had been swiped.

[The Dogmother]

*snorts*

 

Crowd control I think.

 

There was reported to be a fight in the offing between two rival gangs. I have to say that town was really crowded that night - even by 'fair night' standards. I hate it, not helped by the fact that Rosie always wants to go - I get her dad to take her, and I keep the dogs locked away too.

[ClaireG]

Reminds self to avoid Banbury next week.

[Purplemaniacs]

I remember Banbury fair as a child, I quite liked it but my mum hated taking me (I was only 5 or 6) we went for a couple of years and then after that mum offered me a toy or money instead so we didn't go.

 

I had forgotten all about that, until this thread reminded me.

 

Chrissie

[Chicken Licken]

The slow cooker gets back into use.

Dog walks are in the dark in the morning (and soon in the evening too)

The smell of wood and coal smoke as you walk through the village.

[Space Chick]

You are sat of an evening with a Horlicks in front of the coal fire

[The Dogmother]

Yes, dark (morning and evening) dog walks during the week.

 

The scent from my fennel plant in the morning

[snowberry]

You start your first autumnal cold *sniff*

I get distracted during conversations by the migrating flocks of birds using the airspace above my house as a flightpath.

Stew, soup & jacket potatoes are firmly back on the menu.

There is an atmosphere in the air of people closing the batterns & hunckering down for winter.

I ordered my yaktrax at last!

When I was a kid my favourite season was spring, now it's autumn!

I have finally grown up (or turned into my mother )

[Sammiboo]

When,............you look forward to the Starbucks red cups coming out.

 

I was at sainsburys yesterday in shrewsbury and they have a starbucks, i walked by and checked to see if the gingerbread syrup was on the shelf

 

ive also been driving past the local farm looking out the pumpkins. massive soup making to commence

[The Dogmother]

The dog gets himself as close to the stove as he possibly can

 

Cyrus is such a princess; I swear he'd lie on top of it if he could!