Welcome back, September, I’ve missed you something fierce! (Plus passing along the Stylish Blogger Award)

So begins the month that hearkens the arrival of autumn, my most beloved season, and (with any luck) a return to more bearable temperatures! I am literally gleefully to see September return and cannot wait for all of the resplendent elements that autumn brings with it.

Before I go any further, I want to take a moment to extend my heartfelt thanks to those who left lovely "get well" comments for me in regards to my post on Monday. I'm feeling a little bit better, but am quite ill at the moment still (just one of those flare-ups I'm going to have to let run it's painful course). Thank you so much, everyone, for your sweet words. You are such wonderfully caring dears!

Over the past few weeks I’ve received blog awards from five different, fantastic ladies (thank you each deeply!). I’ve not had a chance to blog about any of the accolades yet, but thought that I would use today as the perfect time to start passing along one of these awards.

At the end of July fellow Torontonian Poke Salad Annie (of Loose Leaf Tigers) bestowed the Stylish blogger Award upon me, which really means a lot as I adore this stylish, cultured, wonderful gal’s blog and was super touched to receive an award from her.

The conditions of the award suggest that the receiver list 10 facts about themselves that their readers may not know. As it really hasn’t been that long since my last such post, I thought I would put a creative spin on this award for and instead list ten of my favourite things about September.

First however I want to pass along the Stylish blogger Award to ten amazing (and immensely stylish!) blogs that continually fill me with a plethora of inspiration. It is always terribly tricky to whittle down a list of fellow bloggers to pass an award along to, so please, by all means, if your name is not listed below, still feel to bestow this award upon your own splendid site.




Kirsten from Leproust Vintage

Simply Colette

Jennifer from Stay Classy LA

Syd from Golden Girl of the West

Kelley Anne from Kaleidoscopic Refrains:

Mademoiselle Coco from Knitter from the Past

Lagelle, the Art of accessorizing

Miss Matilda from Miss Matilda Dreams

Oh, Kirby!

Rosina Lee


Each of the recipients is welcome to pass this award along to whomever they wish (please copy and save the graphic above to your desktop of online photo album if you’d like to post it on your are), or simply accept it with my heartfelt thanks for being the magnificently lovely blogs you are.


{10 elements of September that I perpetually adore}



{A return to temperatures that permit the comfortable wearing of outfits sporting long sleeves and lightweight coats and wraps. I always feel more comfortable when I can don clothing that covers me up more than it tries to show me off.}



{The reappearance of longer nights. Few things rival the beauty and tranquility of a summer dusk that seems to last forever, but truthfully I like waking up in darkness and rarely mind the sun setting earlier in the evening. Perhaps I’m part vampire, who knows? ;D}



{Wonderfully relaxing nights spent playing card and board games, as a breath-taking harvest moon casts its amber glow through the living room window.}



{Leaves! Glorious, fiery hued, crisp as melba toast leaves. Raked, blowing in the wind, for jumping into piles of, for simply admiring their dazzling beauty, there are countless reasons why I adore autumn leaves!}



{Anything and everything to do with fresh-from-the-orchard apples! From apple sauce to cider, pies to pancakes, caramel to baked, come fall I eat so many apples the doctor is bound to stay away all year long! :D}



{The unmatched scent of wood smoke as it wafts like a cheerful specter through the ever-more-crisp autumn skies, first at night and then as the season progresses, all day long. Eternally one of my favourite smells on earth.}



{Walks in nature...preferably in the wildness, but I’ll certainly settle for an urban setting, too. The emphasis is on filling my lungs, still parched from summer, with as much refreshing, invigorating autumn air as possible.}



{The first crop of newly harvested pumpkins that begin appearing in the grocery shops by the middle of the month. I can never hold off until Thanksgiving to bake my first pumpkin pie of the season and delight in whipping one (or more!) up look before October has arrived.}



{Jumper style dresses and other types of frocks that can be worn over top of blouses, turtlenecks and long sleeved shirts. Often paired with dark hued tights, this look is a definite favourite of mine that I count down the seconds all summer long to start wearing again (turtlenecks and +40 temperatures being the natural enemies that they are).}



{The need to add – instead of remove – layers of bedding at night. As a self-described “cuddle bug”, I adore snuggling up and cocooning myself with a cozy, super soft blanket or two as the mercury begins to plummet outside.}

{All images above are from Flickr. To learn more about a specific image, please click on it to be taken to its respective Flickr page.}


Thank you again deeply Loose Leaf Tiger for the wonderful award! I encourage anyone who is not familiar with this lovely lady and her fascinating (often vintage themed) blog to swing by and pay her a visit.

This post is what I’m sure will be the first of many that will highlight my intense love of autumn and everything that the season brings with it.

I know that a lot of us had have come through a scorchingly hot summer and are as eager as can be for the arrival of fall. I would adore hearing about the things that spark your love of this season and what you’re looking most forward to as the last days of summer melt away into our memories.