Autumn

Autumn is a beautiful season of the year.  I love to look at the trees and how the leaves turn different colors.  Not only are the leaves beautiful during this time but the weather, depending on where a person lives and how late in the season it is of course, is still decent- not too hot but not freezing either.  This is a good time of the year to invite family over and have a bonfire.  My family used to do this sometimes when I was younger.  It was fun roasting marshmallows over the fire, going on hayrack rides, and jumping across hay bales.  I also used to go to orchards and pumpkin patches in the autumn with my family.   One orchard that we went to let us pick our own apples.  There was also a cornfield maze.  As a little kid, I thought that was really exciting.  One year, my family went to visit an Amish town for some sort of farm festival they were putting together.  They also had a cornfield maze, only this one was much larger than the other one that I had been to.  There were so many fruits and the like that were being sold there.  It seemed like there was an endless supply of gourds.  In addition, I thought that going to the local park for a jack lantern walk was entertaining.  It was amusing looking at all of the hand-carved faces on the pumpkins.  Wearing a jacket would be advisable, but going on bike rides can also be a great activity for the fall.  With all of the activities that can make Autumn an enjoyable time of the year, it is also when allergies and colds for many people begin to kick in again.  Also, the mornings are quite cold.  I much prefer warmer temperatures such as late spring and early summer.  Like any other season, there are perks and drawbacks to Autumn, largely depending on how an individual views that season.