A Cozy Thread - Discuss all things cozy

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First autumn in my first house. It rests on top of a hill bordering a forest, and my window looks down to a gorgeous treescape. I'm very excited to see the leaves change and interesting animals on my property in the coming weeks. Think I heard an owl a few days ago. Living here has gotten me closer with nature, but as someone who despises bugs I am in my own stinkbug and spider filled purgatory.
 
My cat. He only cuddles with me at night in bed or in the morning when I'm knitting during the cool months. So every year I look forward to fall because he starts smuggling and I love him.

In the winter I put my heated throw on my lap or my bed and he really snuggles with me.

I also like that I can wear my wool shawls. It's so cozy sitting on the loveseat with a shawl around my shoulders, a cup of coffee, and my yarn.

A friend gave me a bunch of lightweight super long sweatshirts and I just ordered a long wearable blanket for my husband and myself.

It's still in the upper 80s/low 90s here (~30 C) during the day, but at night it gets nice and cool so we open a couple windows and put fans in them. It's not really fall here until the last week of October/November.
 
I live in an area where it’s still in the 80’s during the day. So I have to wait longer to really be comfortably cozy. Iced pumpkin spice lattes for now.

I like pulling out my oversized hoodies, furry boots, and leggings for an easy look. Maybe a beanie. I bought a big Sherpa coat with a hood on it, and pockets with it, that I like to pull out when I want to feel a little fancy. Sometimes just one of my long cardigans. Using one of my many blankets every evening, and cuddling with one of my teddy bears. Making big pots of soup. I have a butternut squash and apple pork chop recipe that I want to do again soon as well. Drinking hot chocolate/tea at home, and getting pumpkin spice lattes as a treat. Maybe a pumpkin muffin to go with it.
 
WhineMeDineMe69Me said:
Denim jacket and hoodie weather, tights with knee highs weather, leather weather. Halloween decorating. Going to the fair and getting an apple cider donut. Wearing a warm robe on a cool morning and drinking coffee. Apple picking. Fall baking. Chicken soup. Mums, coleus, and celosia plants.

Just the best time of the year, hands down. And makes the impending winter almost worth it.
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It completely escapes me how people could dislike fall. Reading this post sent me into a stage of sheer secondhand coziness. If only the season was longer *sigh*

Nothing like that fall smell in the air. Stepping outside and getting that first whiff of autumn from the wind, it's earthy and rejuvenating and one of the better small things in life. I'm unsure what causes it, but it's one of the best parts of the entire year.
 
StickFruit said:
It completely escapes me how people could dislike fall. Reading this post sent me into a stage of sheer secondhand coziness. If only the season was longer *sigh*

Nothing like that fall smell in the air. Stepping outside and getting that first whiff of autumn from the wind, it's earthy and rejuvenating and one of the better small things in life. I'm unsure what causes it, but it's one of the best parts of the entire year.
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I think of fall as the "Friday night" of the year.

Friday night is the best part of the weekend. The whole weekend stretches out in front you. It's full of potential. Will you get the chores done Saturday like you planned? Will you relax and play vidya all weekend? Will you cook real meals? Will you go out with friends? The possibility in an as-yet-to-come weekend is endless and rejuvenating.

Sunday afternoon is a different beast. The weekend is largely behind you and Monday approaches faster than you thought it would on Friday. The equivalent to this in the seasons is January/February (for me in my area where spring comes in March). After Christmas there's always this feeling of ennui, like winter is both a drag and summer is approaching way too quickly.

Anyway, this is probably super autistic, but that's what fall feels like to me. Possibility and coziness.
 
When you're hungry, on a budget, and the concoction you hand make and throw on the stove hits harder than anything you could've got from the sit down restaurant that's just outside of your spending.
 
1440p Curved Monitor said:
First autumn in my first house. It rests on top of a hill bordering a forest, and my window looks down to a gorgeous treescape. I'm very excited to see the leaves change and interesting animals on my property in the coming weeks. Think I heard an owl a few days ago. Living here has gotten me closer with nature, but as someone who despises bugs I am in my own stinkbug and spider filled purgatory.
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I'm one of the rare people who actually likes (most) bugs and spiders - it helps that I live in a place where there's basically no venomous ones, so I have no real reason to be afraid of them.
Seeing spiders put up webs in remote corners of my rooms, where they're not in my way, is actually comfy to me. It's like having little guardians in the home that take care of the flies and mosquitoes, and this might sound crazy but it actually makes it feel a little less alone.
While web-building spiders are nice, jumping spiders are the best though - they're really cute, and the way they move and react to movement has something weirdly cat-like about it.
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I live in Florida so the weather is actually nice and less humid this time of year. Winter's not bad either but we get a lot of tourists which brings awful traffic and crowds. My pet snake goes into brumation and won't move much or eat until spring. I can drink hot coffees/teas/etc. without sweating. We get some nice migratory birds visiting the bath and feeders. I use only brown, red, orange, or dark green inks in my fountain pens. Mist/light fog rolling in from the nearby swamp and ponds in the evening. Being able to go out in the woods without being eaten alive by mosquitoes. I will actually spend less time on indoor activities and more time outside.
 
Accept Only Substitutes said:
I think of fall as the "Friday night" of the year.

Friday night is the best part of the weekend. The whole weekend stretches out in front you. It's full of potential. Will you get the chores done Saturday like you planned? Will you relax and play vidya all weekend? Will you cook real meals? Will you go out with friends? The possibility in an as-yet-to-come weekend is endless and rejuvenating.

Sunday afternoon is a different beast. The weekend is largely behind you and Monday approaches faster than you thought it would on Friday. The equivalent to this in the seasons is January/February (for me in my area where spring comes in March). After Christmas there's always this feeling of ennui, like winter is both a drag and summer is approaching way too quickly.

Anyway, this is probably super autistic, but that's what fall feels like to me. Possibility and coziness.
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That reminds me of this...




This is the time of year when my cat goes into cuddle mode right next to me on the sofa or on my bed. The thing is, though, sometimes he likes to try and shove his face right into mine while purring loudly and his whiskers tickle.

Like the weekends, this time of year is right before one of the most depressing times of the calendar, which is late fall, when all of the trees are bare and the leaves have fallen, with the grass turned brown and there is no snow yet to cover everything up. The same thing goes for early spring when the snow has melted, but everything is grey, brown, and dirty from road salt and sand and nothing has turned green, yet
 
I made chicken and dumplings completely from scratch for the first time today. Fittingly, I got the recipe from a website called The Cozy Cook.

It was a tasty kickoff to the fall/winter soup/stew/making everything in a dutch oven-season.
 
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WhineMeDineMe69Me said:
I made chicken and dumplings completely from scratch for the first time today. Fittingly, I got the recipe from a website called The Cozy Cook.

It was a tasty kickoff to the fall/winter soup/stew/making everything in a dutch oven-season.
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I love chicken and dumplings. It's so easy to make, especially if you leave out vegetables like I do. My Betty Crocker cookbook (the 50s edition) says to thicken the broth into gravy after cooking the dumplings, but I always find that the dumplings come apart enough to thicken the broth while cooking. Such a simple hearty meal.

There's a cold front moving through tomorrow that's finally going to give us some crisp fall weather. I'm so excited!
 
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