Fall

I know. I know. I say it every year.

But I can't help it.

I am just head over heels madly in love with Autumn. Scarves, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, Taylor's turkey chili, leaves spiraling to the sidewalk for crunching underfoot. There is something about the touch of chill in the air that leaves me weak in knees, desperate for more and more Fall variety adventure.

My new apartment has an adorable courtyard garden. There are benches with trees bending over to shade them, dropping their leaves as they start to change and turn fiery in the Fall sun. It's the perfect spot for a book or sharing M&Ms or finding the aforementioned crunchy leaves.

Just when I think Chicago couldn't possibly wrap my heart up any more, I get distracted by a nook like this and realize exactly why I fell in love with this place to begin with and why I'm still here 5 Falls later.