Take a drive
If you are a new visitor or a local, and you are wondering what to do in autumn, this is a good time to take a drive through see autumn colors in your favorite neighborhood.
Today the music man and I went grocery shopping to grab some bread, milk, and eggs. As soon as we drove by a pumpkin patch, I was reminded to get a pumpkin for Halloween. We stopped at the pumpkin patch. The chain link security fence was locked. Since it was a small patch, I gather they probably will open on the weekend.
We decided to proceed to the grocery store. On our way, I just couldn’t believe, how many green trees were changing to autumn colors. I had never seen the trees rich in color like this. Maybe because on most of my drives in the fall, it was cloudy and sometimes sunless. Or may because I realize that I need to do these fall drives in the autumn more often. The weather today was sunny and splendid, all day. I had to grab my camera and take a few photos of the drive to the grocery store. We drove through alleys of autumn trees. Leaves of green changed to burgundy, yellow, and orange colored leaves. It was like seeing a Christmas tree with fall lights.
There are plenty of areas where you could see changing fall trees in Washington and near Seattle.
Capitol Hill
Issaquah
Lake City
Bellevue
I am happy to be seeing the fall leaves on these little drives.
Shop for a pumpkin to paint or carve
As soon as we got to the grocery store, there were sizeable pumpkins of various sizes sitting outside, and some on top of each other. We looked through bright orange, white, and striped pumpkins, actually six or seven kinds. The pumpkin fever got to us. We decided to go to another store, to look through pumpkins.
Both of the places we went had good selections. Once we started looking at the pumpkins, we were trying to decide to carve or paint. The music man preferred to carve; I wanted a small pumpkin to decorate. Some of the pumpkins even came decorated. I started looking at Pinterest for inspirations. I think, this year, the prize goes to the paint job.
What to do in autumn? A thought from the image