Sep 22 – Oct 30, 2024 Early Autumn
Fall is the harvest season, a time to take stock of goals and how much progress you were able to make. Celebrate the successes and mull over how to make more progress next time. Consider what’s not working and clear it away.
Mabon
Mabon is the Autumn Equinox, when day and night are in balance. Traditionally, Mabon was a celebration of the second harvest. It is a moment to give thanks for abundance. Symbols: corn, beans, squash, apples, pumpkins, cider, rosemary, sage; cornucopia, pinecones, seeds, sunflowers, thistle, marigolds, owl, stag.
- Journal about the year’s blessings
- Go apple picking
- Clean the house
- Host a potluck dinner
Activities
- Bake an apple pie
- Cook soup and roast vegetables
- Drink hot apple cider
- Go apple picking
- Go to a haunted house
- Hike to see fall foliage or mushrooms
- Host a board game or card night
- Put together a jigsaw puzzle
- Read a scary book
- Roast chestnuts
- Roast pumpkin seeds
- Shop at the farmer's market
- Start knitting projects for the year
- Visit a pumpkin patch
- Visit the Locks and Discovery Park
- Watch scary movies
Events
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Festál
Cultural festivals held throughout the year at Seattle Center
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Refract
A festival of glass arts
- Seattle Queer Film Festival
- Seattle Restaurant Week
Produce
- Apples
- Artichokes
- Arugula
- Basil
- Beets
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Broccoli
- Brussels sprouts
- Cabbage
- Cantaloupes
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Chard
- Chilis
- Collard greens
- Corn
- Eggplant
- Grapes
- Green beans
- Green onions
- Kale
- Kiwi
- Kohlrabi
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Mint
- Onions
- Parsley
- Parsnips
- Persimmons
- Plums
- Quinces
- Radishes
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Shallots
- Sorrel
- Spinach
- Squash (summer)
- Squash (winter)
- Sunchokes
- Thyme
- Tomatoes
- Turnips
- Zucchini