Comfort

 

 

 

Tonight I’m facing a bout of insomnia. Naturally, I decided to get out of bed and blog about it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s something about the approaching autumn that makes me a little melancholy, a touch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

homesick. I miss Colorado. I miss my family. My mom, especially. I haven’t lived with my parents in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nearly seven years but there’s just nothing like the beginning of fall to make me feel like a little girl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a sudden need for comfort, I have brewed a cup of caramel cream tea from one of my favorite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

places, The Deep Steep Tea Company in Steamboat Springs (my amazing mother-in-law was

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sweet enough to send me a few bags).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I do love the fall…the promise of cooler weather and crunchy leaves and cozy sweaters and tart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

apples…kettle corn and school supplies…in a fit of end-of-summer cabin fever, I went into a frenzy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and completely rearranged all the furniture in our apartment (pictures still to come, I promise). I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

moved all of our bookcases out of the office and into the living room so that I can have them near me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

more often. I find them comforting, familiar, and friendly…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: etsy.com via Kyle on Pinterest

 

What about you? What little things do you find comforting? And what are you doing to prepare for fall?

love from your friendly neighborhood sleepyhead,

elizabeth