Dear Autumn,

Despite my allergic aversion to your fallen leaves, I still like you very much.  Your warm tones and cold winds fill my heart with nostalgia and my mind with wonderful memories of bonfires and Friday night football games.  Unfortunately, here in Columbia, there is absolutely no sign of you and, to be honest, I find that 95 degrees in late September is completely unacceptable, especially when my comrades in the Midwest have long been enjoying cool evenings and brisk mornings, not to mention clear azure skies that only you can provide.  In conclusion, I am asking that you please come to South Carolina promptly because pumpkin patches and corn mazes just aren't the same without you...

When I think of fall, I think of the Ohio "countryside."  Barns, cornfields, colonial farmhouses and the like.  Autumn has long been my favorite time of year and I feel even more fond of this season now that I don't have the luxury of experiencing it. To keep me sane while I wish for autumn to arrive in SC, I have been gathering all of my favorite cozy spaces that call fall to mind.

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