Hello November

On By Erin @ Cracker Crumb LifeIn Hello

Welcome, November.

I am looking forward to the relative quiet of November, after a very busy October. Every year our October is jam packed. I like to whirlwind our way through the month, soaking in the moments, then like magic, on November 1, seeking the quiet and solitude of my birth month.

This is when the fall gets slower for me. The days are now short, with night closing in early, and all the hijinks of Halloween are done. I look forward to our slower paced days. Days of school and our art projects, the wolf embroidery I am working on for Wyatt, a return to slow cooked meals, Billy’s sourdough. Quiet hikes in the woods. Books and reading, movies, comfy beds with soft cushy blankets and flannel sheets, backyard fires with family.

Wyatt has this picture book called Thanksgiving in the Woods, and I still read it with him every year, and Billy usually listens too. We all love it. It is about this family who has just what the title says, a big family Thanksgiving in the woods and it is based on the author’s real life Thanksgivings. Every year we read this, and every year, Billy and I talk about how cool that would be. Wouldn’t it? I would love to gather everyone I love together at a big table in the woods filled with food and laughter and music. With tents and lights and bunting, with a big bonfire and games. Wouldn’t that be amazing? I just need to find the woods. But on days like today, blustery and beautiful with bright leaves littering the ground, the crazy chaos of last nights trick or treating behind us, I can imagine it, that meal.

We do have some fun things planned, things like stargazing in our backyard under blankets, with hot chocolate and cookies, calling for owls, getting back to nature, to gratitude. I pulling out our sweaters and warm clothes today, in preparation for the cold weather that will soon be arriving. (even though it was 80 this week! Ugh)

I am excited about our November scouts meeting this month. Billy’s mom is a potter, and she is going to work with our kids on making ornaments, that she will take home to be fired in her kiln. We are also going to open the box that we received from another pack in Oregon, who lives in the high desert there. Our two packs each gathered nature items from our area to send to the other, and I am excited to share with the kids what the Oregon pack sent with them. I peeked at it already and I think they will all like seeing what is in there. In our box, we sent leaves that were labeled, a sprig of white pine, which is Michigan’s state tree, a cicada shell, acorns and sycamore seeds and chestnuts, seeds from a Michigan apple, an apple tree bud from my confused apple tree, local honey, and a few other fun things, like a bag of Petoskey stones. I am looking forward to what they think of our stuff as well! And if anyone lives in another region who is reading this, and would like to send nature representatives to our pack from your area, let me know, because this was fun!

And, I need to refill my coffee so I will end here. Have a wonderful day everyone, and whatever you do today, try to do something that makes you smile.

“In November, the earth is growing quiet. It is making its bed, a winter bed for flowers and small creatures.” – Cynthia Rylant

16 thoughts on “Hello November”

  2. Joanne's avatar Joanne

    I remember reading that book with my boys and thinking the same thing too!… but then I realized that it would actually be pretty hard to get hot foods out into the woods all at the same time. It sounds like you have a really lovely month planned.

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  4. marsha57's avatar marsha57

    Erin, you truly have the soul of a poet. I haven’t read that book, but it sounds beautiful. I want the glamping tent, though! One of the things I’ve discovered about myself since moving nine (almost ten) years ago is that I’m a country girl through and through. I really miss hearing wildlife at night. I miss the owls, the little frogs in the spring, and the howling of coyotes. Now, I hear cars with those fart can mufflers racing down the streets. Your upcoming nights sound so wonderful to me. Any houses for sale in your town? Just kidding…or am I? It appears fall is here to stay for a bit. I just hope it stays until December 22. Then, it can snow a bunch, stick around until December 26, and stay confined to yards and fields until March.

    Have a marvelous weekend!

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    1. Aw thank you Marsha!!

      Lol! You could definitely have a glamping tent if I ever manage to find a place to do this. We also have noisy cars, trains, boats, airplanes, loud people setting off fireworks… but screech owls are everywhere there are a few trees together. I wish we lived a wee bit more rural though.

      That potters market that happens every year is coming up! December 5-8! https://www.thepottersmarket.com/

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  5. I absolutely love that graphic you have with you and Wyatt!! It’s so adorable! And I feel that way about November too. I really need the cool weather to come so I have an excuse to stay inside though. 😂

    I love the idea/true story behind that Thanksgiving book too.

    What you are doing with the Cub Scouts is so fun! I can’t wait to read more about it!

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    1. Thanks Lisa! Billy was sad he wasn’t represented. I told him he is the fox. Lol.

      I want some cooler weather as well. This hot weather is gross. I am done!!

      You guys could totally have an outdoors Thanksgiving at your dad’s!

      And thank you Lisa!

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  9. Looks like you have a lovely cozy month ahead of you. Even though I hate when it starts getting cold I love this time of year when it gets dark earlier. I agree everything feels a bit slower and cozier.

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