Beautiful picture, Lukkiirish! My birthday month, too, and the opening of the local garden center's winter wonderland. The weather is variable for us in October. We often get rain at the beginning of the month, then summer returns for a few more weeks. The next few days we are under a heat advisory as it is supposed in the 90's.

Fall flounder fishing! My daughter and I have been determined to break the state record and get more women's names in the record book. So far, not even close but it's not for lack of trying. But we do usually beat out the guys! :)

I'd like to say the cooler weather, but not this year. Over a hundred by tomorrow. Grrr....

Our fall has been seasonably warm as well. While I can’t take credit for the pic above, our road looks just like that during the peak. I love driving just to see the color. I’m sure I look pretty funny with the big grin on my face too!

CindyMac! I will trade you! We have Macs all year round and the Honey Crisps here are so EXPENSIVE! I bought 3 the other day and paid over 6.00 for them!

The farmer markets are amazing right now, sunflowers, pumpkins and haystacks are everywhere!

Gorgeous photo, Likkiirish! I like October because of the cooler weather, great for walking. We recently returned from a trip to visit DS and family, went apple picking for the first time in my life. The apples were delicious and the fall colors beautiful!

Incredible picture!!!

Nice picture! My favorite thing about October is cooler weather, no more mowing, I'll miss the garden produce but tired of messing with it. Mostly I love the holidays that are coming up!

Pumpkin everything!

My favorite thing about October is the hoards of tourists are finally gone, our favorite restaurants are still open, the ocean is still warm and the beaches are wonderful for long walks. And Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I love autumn. My favorite time of year.

My daughters birthday and the last hurrah of the local bicycle club... aka, the last campout and ride. This year however I only went to Lori's birthday, and then stayed for the grand kids swim meet. This was Nathans first. Both got awesome ribbons, aka, first and second placings. The camp out ride will prolly be attended again next year. ;)

Moni

I love pumpkins. I love the colorful ones, the white ones, the green ones, the fancy ones and the plain old standard orange ones. I love their shape. I love them massed around my front door or carved up into a jack-o-lantern. The only way I like to eat pumpkin though is in a soup- or having roasted pumpkin seeds. And I love visiting pumpkin patches (obviously :-)

The blue, blue sky.

All the Halloween and harvest events to enjoy with my grand kids. I've always enjoyed them but this year they are both at the perfect age. Young enough to have wonder and imagination but without strollers and diapers.

Looking forward to cooler weather but like Rita, we’re going to be 105 tomorrow.

The kids, candy, pumpkins, indian corn, cooler days and even cooler nights and knowing Thanksgiving will soon be here bringing together family and friends.

The cooler temps finally and that blue, blue sky that FlamingO spoke of! Absolutely refreshing!!!!

Normally would savor it but we have NO fall foliage, no rain and it's been ten degrees above normal making this the hottest October in history. So what's new? Every month we break another heat record.It's to be a hot winter too. So I have no seasons left. I'm miserable all summer long from the heat and look forward to the fall. We have not had a frost and my impatiens look like they did in July and I still have to water. The trees are green leafed.

Best part of October is it's not yet November. I'm not a fan of this time of year, though it was my Mom's favorite. With the growing darkness, weakening sunshine, winter on the way and the gray ugliness once the leaves are gone, it's what this season portends that sours it for me. In spring time, my body adjusts to the warmer temps so easily and happily. Love the first time I can open those windows! But getting used to the colder and colder temps, the bite of air on my skin, the cold tile on my feet, the bone chilling wind, the need to cover up and don more clothing before heading out, no, none of it is fun for me.

Give me spring instead!

I, too, enjoy the cooler weather. Great walking weather & we are going on a picnic one day this week either to Minooka Park or Horseshoe Bend.

Everything!!!! This year's growing season is over, and I am already preparing for next year's. I get to look back and think about which annual flowers I really enjoyed and want to grow again, if a perennial is in its best site, and then envision next year's gardens. It moves me towards such hope and a feeling of great satisfaction. I love the apples, turkey, pumpkin and oven cooked foods, the crisp air and the leaves grappling with the fence posts and wind, and that marching band season is peaking. I love that hockey begins and that nights are increasingly cozy. I love blankets and kitties all snuggled in my lap. Just don't ask me what I like about January. I hate February almost as much, but things begin to improve then. It's close enough to flower time that I am poking my head out of my shell.

It used to be my birfday but now that I'm getting older, not so much. LOL I do love the fall colours. I'm not a Halloween person (although we do hand out candy and love the little kids all excited), because Halloween was always more exciting for my friends than my birfday was. All my parties were Halloween themed. grrr (it's the day before). My sisters is the day before Valentines. She always got heart shaped cakes.

It cools off enough to turn on the oven again!

Oh Cooper, I forgot about that.

Very pretty picture. Yes, apples. My favorite are the Golden Delicious. I do like lots of other varieties too. I just finished making up a batch of apple salad to take to my daughter's this forenoon.

Sue

Just add my name to Annie's post. October is just one month closer to winter which I despise. Give me spring and summer.

Where do I start? This is my favorite time of year because the weather has cooled off (days still pleasantly warm and the nights perfect for sleeping), the glorious fall colors are upon us, it's time to get out the sweaters and cute boots, we'll be building the first fire in the wood stove soon, the first rains of the season arrive, fire season and it's accompanying danger and stress is over, the biting/stinging insects are gone for another year and the soup pot will soon be producing comforting and warming soups and stews.

The sun hitting the beautiful shades of color abounding, it never ceases to amaze me. I can view it from all the windows of our home and I sit in my sun room sans coffee nor social media and just drink it in.

I’m going to sit with Annie and Linda. My favorite thing about October is that it’s NOT November, December, January, or February.

The frozen pond these birds are standing on...

All the GREAT food I cook in the colder months & don't worry about heating up the kitchen...

I like October because it's the start of my favorite time of year that ends in May(or before depending on the temps)

I’m so glad to see you post some of your wonderful photography Nicole! Gorgeous!

Forgot to say, those cookies look so yummy!!!!

Taking a cue from Nicole and sharing a few photos I took during a trip to Vermont to see the fall colors:

We have plenty of pumpkins, and decorations but our trees are still green.

My favorite thing is today when 24 years ago me and my husband got married!

Happy Anniversary Jewels and many more to come. Great picture.

I like cooler -- but not yet cold -- temperatures. Blue skies, colorful leaves. We eat more soups and stews, and apple pies :-)

And I like wrapping up outdoor work for the season, no more hot & sweaty days in the garden until next year!

i am in the cooler temps camp :)... glad to say goodbye to the humidity, bugs and heat! hello great sleeping weather, opening windows, using our oven, pumpkin flavored everything, Beautiful fall colors (my fav), using our outdoor fireplace, soups, stews and hot chocolate!!

Awe, Happy Anniversary Jewels!

Dawn, those are so pretty!!!

I found a couple I took a few years back from our neighborhood.

Thank you, lukkiirish! Vermont in the fall was something I'd wanted to do for a very long time and I was so happy to finally be able to do it. Would love to go back again.

You've got some great colors in your photos; love the first one.

Jewels, happy anniversary !

I miss fall in New England. It was 104 today here in California. :(

Thermostat turned to central AC now with temps in the 70's in the middle of the night. Happy fall.

I’m not a big soup fan, but every year when the first cold weekend arrives, I like to make a slow cooked roast with brown potatoes and carrots and fill the house with it’s good smells. Heaven!

Dawn - is that the Morse Farm?

Happy Anniversary, Jewels and Mr. Jewels.

skibby, it was a maple sugar place, but I don't recall the name of it. Besides the maple sugar, there were barns and cattle.

It looks very much like the Morse farm in Montpelier, VT. Fun place.

Definitely the sky. :)

skibby, we were in Montpelier when we visited the maple syrup place, so that very well may be Morse farm. Small world!