It's finally starting to feel like fall. The weather is sunny and cool and -- well, I can't go all the way to dry, but at least it's not 1000% percent humidity anymore. It's on the way to dry, which is always a harbinger of fall. I'm able to wear tights and sweaters during the day, and I'm wearing my fuzzy slippers for the first time tonight! Also we put the flannel sheets on the bed. In the garden we started our fall planting this weekend, with 3 hydrangeas plus a few perennials. And we mowed the lawn for possibly the last time till spring (though realistically, it will probably need it one more time). I ordered 400 daffodils for the bank along the driveway, and I have plans to get a truckload of compost next week.
And the fair is in town! Yay! The fair! We're going on Wednesday afternoon. I can hardly wait. I've been watching the faircam obsessively to tide me over.
The birds are flocking to the feeders again. We got a new feeder that fits inside the bathroom window, and is mirrored on their side so we can get right up close and watch the birds without them seeing us. It's the coolest thing.
Also, in what I hope will be a new autumn tradition for me, today was the most excellent BPAL Yule update. I restrained myself, only ordering things that sound like sure bets:
- Gingerbread Poppet: just like you would guess, it smells like gingerbread
- Hearth: candied chestnuts with brown sugar, honey, cedar and pine
- Lick It: peppermint candy canes!
- Snow White: the lab description didn't turn me on, but reviews of last year's formulation describe it as creamy vanilla goodness.
I also ordered this month's lunar blend, Beaver Moon. I was expecting it to smell dark and animalistic, all musky and woodsy and maybe even civety (the dreaded cat butt). In which case I wouldn't have ordered it. But instead they went for the goofy joke and made it like cheesecake and cupcakes! Ha! I'm hoping it won't smell too much like cheese, but even if it does I have to at least try it.
It looks like I went for all sweet and foody scents, but I have a "watch list" of several others, for which I want to see the reviews before I order. There's another mint scent called Nuclear Winter which I'll probably order if it isn't too ozoney, and another called Talvikuu, "skeletal limbs of birch and fir coated in a thick, impenetrable blanket of snow," that could be really good. The Yule scents will be available until January 15 so I can wait and see what other people say about them.
The lab have sped up their turnaround to about 6 weeks, and my massive Halloween order may arrive tomorrow! Well, probably not. But maybe Tuesday. The first reviews are just starting to be posted and I can't wait to try them. I may even start posting reviews again. Best of all, the Halloween scents are still on sale for another month. So I can fill out the collection if any that I didn't order get rave reviews.
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