October thoughts and Autumn spells

Chilly winds, foggy mornings, kids going crazy about Horse Chestnuts, pumpkins all over, Bavarians in wool sweaters, hot chocolate drinks, dried crispy leaves, edgy boots on sale,warm leggings and wool socks, the smell of freshly baked pies, and of course, Halloween mania. Halloween here might be unique since Frankenstein was ‘born’ and created here in Bavaria.

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Drenched in October rains…
When Sharon of Sunshine and Celandines brag about her Wildlife snaps in October, I thought it might be a great idea to document a post about how Fall looks like here in my side of the world and putting into writing my thoughts on it. After all, I live here now, and I’m trying to integrate as much as possible, living like a local. Seeing things like a local does.

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Thoughts on October : One of the hardest things to do in life is letting go of what you thought was real…and moving on.
I have been looking forward  to my first Autumn here in Bavaria. As I walked around, I could  see that most trees are still green but starting to fade away. Now that it is only  mid-October, temps could go as low as 2 deg C and definitely not a leggings weather for me anymore. Almost everyday , foggy mornings greeted us in our doorsteps, making it so hard to wake up.

Sometimes I think that it’s so strange to find everything so beautiful during Autumn, where in fact, everything is actually dying. Don’t you think so?

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Autumn leaves I have collected from our walks.I am planning to make a wreath out of these or just let the Toddler crush it.

Autumn, the season that teaches us that change can be beautiful. Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the Fall.  I still couldn’t believe that it’s been a quarter of the year already that I’m living here. Would I still feel the same after 3 years? Would I still be amazed by Autumn? Maybe still too early to say, but then I’m starting to get a hang of the changes.Living here is actually not that bad.

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The only leaf and budding flower leaf on this tree.

There is something beautiful and revitalizing about October. I have done some leaf-watching and I observed that when the leaves fall the world is surrendering, letting go of the pieces and parts that can no longer serve in a positive way.

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The season where molds shows its best colors too!
While wandering on my weekly Wandertags, I noticed that trees hold strong to their core and survive the storms; but every good tree knows that as time goes by, the leaves will come back and we all get to start again.I still need to be more like the trees, and let the dead leaves drop. The good thing about wandering, you get so close to nature and you witness how beautiful they are despite what changes in season they are in.

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The colors of Fall in Bavaria
Of course, Autumn won’t be complete without comfort food, and home made baking. Recently,I got inspired by one of my dear friend, Ann of GrubbsnCritters for doing some Fall baking. You’ve got to love her crazy spooky Casper’s  Pannakoek (Pancakes)  and so I decided to go hunt some new ingredients to make something yummy as we snuggled up in this sweater season.I started it by making some German Chocolate Almond Pudding. I was invited by my German friend on her birthday last week and she made one so I grab her recipe and make one for my family. I’ve learned that during birthdays, they are making their own cakes here. Not like in Kuwait that there’s so many bakeshop where you can buy cakes for any occassion. I’m planning to make some more, maybe the Orange Vanilla next time, or yet, the Pumpkin Spice.Thanks to google translate that helps me shopping for baking ingredients.

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My German Chocolate Almond Pudding 
You see,October here in Bavaria is turning out to be a beautiful month, and I wanna see it all in full bloom.

How’s Fall in your area look like? Do you also have a Fall Bucket list?

 

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Published by justbluedutch

Expat- lifestyle Blogger from the land of Lederhosen & Dirndls. A self-taught Aquarelle & Mixed Media visual artist.

17 thoughts on “October thoughts and Autumn spells”

  1. Thanks for the mention! I’m so glad yourenjoying Autumn.It must be so wonderful to properly experience it for the first time. I think you will grow to love it every year.Your chocolate almond pudding looks delicious. 🙂

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  14. Aww Thank you so much..What made me smile is the fact that I am not alone in appreciating nature in this delicate season.
    Your version is so much wittier, and more beautiful.Looking forward to see your post on the season’s to come.:)

    Like

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