Spring sprung and summer was bound to fall

The sunlight is coming in on its autumn trajectory, the angle that imparts a Winslow-Homer-watercolor shade to my little town.  And I love it. Autumn. Ahhhh-tum.

But where the heck does the time go? It seems like only yesterday -- OK, maybe only last week, but you get the picture -- we were talking about the spring thaw and planting our gardens. Now here it is, fall already. Another summer gone -- except for a few die-hard hollyhocks and one tiny cherry tomato that refuses to drop from the vine.
Kids are back in school, and moms and dads are back in the groove of packing lunches where that sort of thing is allowed or coughing up the dough for a prepared lunch served in the cafeteria. Either way, young students are back in the groove of buying, selling and bartering. Remember trading your baloney and mustard on white bread for egg salad on toast?

This time of year brings some really good stuff into our lives. First and foremost, it's football season again. That means tailgate season, heavy-duty grill season. Brats and suds season. Fun times, especially when the right team wins.

And we here at Moms and Food are gearing up for one of our fave times as well. Crock pot season! Soups, chilis, roasts, chicken stuff and, of course, crock pot cakes. So dust off your reading glasses, limber up your typing fingers and pull out those ideas for and memories of autumnal  goodness to share with us and your fellow M&F visitors.

Welcome back, y'all.