Getting Cozy.
Getting out the pumpkins.
Getting out the candles.
Getting ready for colorful leaves
Getting ready for crackling fires.
Getting ready for flannels and hoodies.
Getting ready for fleece.
Getting ready for pumpkin lattes.
Getting ready for baked apple everything.
Getting ready for simmering soups.
Getting ready for thick, hearty stews.
Getting ready for Fall.
Getting cozy!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 
I love the line ‘getting ready for fleece’ : how perfect!
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Snuggling in time 👍😉
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I love this ! You are getting me ready! After Helmi birthday I should read this again and get ready!
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👍😉🍁
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thanks for the enthusiasm – even tho I am not quite ready to get cozy in my neck of the woods – – hah
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👍😉🍁
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😉
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Your post is very timely Jodi because here in the UK autumn is setting in very fast indeed! It’s turned distinctly cool and damp. The trees are turning colour rapidly and leaves are dropping like mad… I’m seriously thinking of putting the heating on…. !!
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So beautiful though right?!?
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Definitely…. !!
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Love this post jodi….my favorite time of the year, autumn. 🍃🍂🍁
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It is becoming mine too. 😉
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It’s a great feeling of anticipation … for warmth and sunshine here. Lovely post Jodi. 🙂
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👍🤗☀️
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I love this! Fall is my favorite season and you summed up all the reasons in a nutshell.. Enjoyed reading it.
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Thanks. I’m befinn
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Beginning to love it too!!
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cute pic Jodi, we won’t be getting cozy in the South for a while!
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All safe there?
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Definitely time for rethinking our decor. My 8-year-old granddaughter put out Halloween decorations this past weekend, in her own haphazard way. And I probably won’t change a thing. Who cares if all doodads are bunched together? It just reminds me of her.
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Oh yes. So wonderful!! 👍😉🤗🍁
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It’s getting to that time of year! Cute photo! Lovely poem Jodi!
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Thanks PJ! Got my fall decorations out this weekend and pumkin’d things up 🙂
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How cute!!!
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You make me feel cozy with your poem! My nephew’s wife made Pumpkin Chili last night with Pumpkin Spice White Hot Chocolate and for dessert Apple Pie. She said how they have embraced Fall. 🙂 I told her I would be over for supper. LOL!
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This definitely captures the atmosphere here the past few days! (K)
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Yes – today is another beauty! Cool morning, but sunshine and warmth now!
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I love cozy!
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Indeedy! 🙂
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Love this time of year! 😊🍂🍁 I agree – time to get cozy and enjoy time at home! 🍏🍎🍏
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I used to hate Fall, but am really learning to love it! 🙂
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Yes, I used to hate when summer ended but now I am ready for cooler days and I love the changing colors in nature! 🍂
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You took me back to the northeast. We are getting ready for a little cooler temperatures… the 80’s and low 90’s… to go bike riding again after the scorching hot summer! This was lovely Jodi!
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Oh dear – still very warm for you!
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Yes, we are in the 80’s in the fall.
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Where are you?
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I live in the southwest!
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a beautiful area!
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Yes it is! I have to admit though that the colors of fall in the north are amazing!
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This is beautiful!!! Cozy times ahead!
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Welcome to America Kaddy! Hope you enjoy your time here! What city/state are you staying in? We have such a vast difference in cultures and geography and people all across the U.S. So exciting for you!
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Love the photo and love your fall-abulous post! I’ve always loved Autumn the best of any season. I’ve heard it said that it makes people sad and depressed, it positively exhilarates me! The falling of colorful leaves raked into piles to jump in, apple picking, hay rides, cornstalks and bales of hay. Trips to the pumpkin patch to choose from all the different sizes, colors and shapes…I never met a pumpkin/gourd that I didn’t love! And, don’t even let me get started on Halloween!! Getting cozy, I’ll lift my pumpkin spice latte to that! Thank-you, dear Jodi!
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I used to be one of the people Ellen – who hated Autumn. It reminded me of back to school time for the kids and winter coming. When I was a young mom – I was a stay-at-home mom, and I hated when the kids went back to school. I loved having them home. lol! But I am really learning to LOVE the season. So many wonderful things to enjoy about it without associating it with things I don’t enjoy so much. So that is my focus now! Cheers to Pumpkin time!
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I usually dread the end of summer but you make autumn sound so cosy. I’ve lit my candles and my fire and am cosying down to a good movie with the curtains drawn 😉
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I used to dread it also, but am learning to embrace it. It really is quite fabulous! ENJOY your movie. What are you watching?
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Turned movie off. World Trade Centre. It was too horrific. Reading my book instead xx
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good idea – sad sad movie.
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Autumn has always been my favorite season just because if everything you mentioned. Thanks for getting my ready
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Bring it eh?!? 😉🍁
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Hi Jodi, Nice post. Can’t believe Autumn is approaching us. Can’t believe that the Holidays will not be far behind. I will admit that this year’s holidays will be a lot tougher for me, but I will make he best of it and try to spend quality time with family. Love Gary
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Yes Gary. The many firsts you will experience in the coming year will be difficult. Don’t be too hard on yourself if you feel down. It is ok. Grief is a very individual thing and something you must go through. It is because you loved much that the grief is great. Hugs.
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Lovely poem Jodi! Thanks for the good vibes and excitement for anticipating everything fall-ish!
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As much as I have been whining about the end of summer, your post helped me remember all the good things about Fall. Thanks for this, Jodi! I needed it!
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Yes – I do it to convince myself too. Learning to love Fall has been a journey for me. 🙂
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Glad to know it’s not just me! At the end of a very hot summer, I tend to appreciate Fall more. But at the end of a summer like we’ve just had, I don’t feel ready yet, mostly because I know that right behind Fall comes Winter, which is my least favorite season. Thanks again for your post…puts me in the right frame of mind!
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I am really trying to appreciate Fall for what it is and not what it is BEFORE 🙂
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Just FYI – I thought of your fun Cozy post again today when I came down stairs to September air coming in from the backdoor – I cozily grabbed a light jacket !
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I am getting excited for the goodness of fall too! Thank you for sharing this sweet post!
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My pleasure! Enjoy getting cozy! 😊
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Loved, loved your poem. So excited now too. Spent all day cozying up to fireplace and mac and cheese. Our temps have cooled, winds picked up and cloudy skies, rain forecast tommorrow. What is really getting me excited is the part in your poem about simmering soups and thick hearty stews. Cant wait for your recipes! And I’ve never had a pumpkin latte, will have to get me one of those. Beautiful job getting us all excited for spooky pumkins and cozy times. Blessings!
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With a headcold today hunkering down, but it is 85 degrees out again! Summer heat back for a while, but it still sounds and smells like Autumn. I’ll be pumkining up! 🙂
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