Just like there are twelve days of Christmas there are twelve ways of fall. Did you know that? Probably not because I just made it up on the drive to my computer! Dear reader here it is for the first time in print, “The Twelve Ways of Fall”.
“Oh the first way y’ know fall is here”, My true love said to me.
“The Canadian Geese start flying in a v”
“Oh the second way y’know fall is here,” My true love said to me “school bells start ringing and Canadian geese start flying in a v.”
“Oh the third way y’know fall is here.” My true love said to me
“trees change their colors, school bells start ringing, and Canadian geese start flying in a v.”
“Oh the fourth way y’know fall is here,” My true love said to me
“Gram makes her jelly, trees change their colors, school bells start ringing, and Canadian geese start flying in a v.”
“Oh the fifth way y’know fall is here,” My true love said to me
“WALMAAAAAART’S CHRISTMAAAAS AISLE!!!!!!!”
“Gram makes her jelly, trees change colors, school bells start ringing, and Canadian geese start flying in a v.”
“Oh the sixth way y’know fall is here,” My true love said to me,
“Friends bring zucchini, WALAAART’S CHRISTMAAAS AISLE! Gram makes jelly, trees change colors, school bells start ringing, and Canadian geese start flying in a v.”“Oh the seventh way y’know fall is here,” My true love said to me
“people go to craft fairs, friends bring zucchini, WALMAAART’S CHRISTMAAAS AISLE! Gram makes jelly, trees change colors, school bells start to ring, and Canadian geese start flying in a v.” “Oh the eighth way y’know fall is here,” My true love said to me “pumpkins in the fields, people go to craft fairs, friends bring zucchini, WALAAART’S CHRISTMAAAS AISLE! Gram makes jelly, trees change colors, school bells start to ring, and Canadian geese start flying in a v.”
“Oh the ninth way y’know fall is here,” My true love said to me ” morbid decorations, pumpkins in the fields, people go to craft fairs, friends bring zucchini, WALMAART’S CHRISTMAAAS AISLE, Gram makes jelly, trees change colors, school bells start to ring, and Canadian geese start flying in a v.”
“Oh the tenth way y’know fall is here,” My true love said to me
“people pick their apples, morbid decorations, pumpkins in the fields, people go to craft fairs, friends brings zucchini, WALMAAARTS CHRISTMAAAAS AISLE! Gram makes jelly, trees change color, school bells start to ring, and Canadian geese start flying in a v.”
“Oh the eleventh way y’know fall is here,” My true love said to me “acorns start to falling, people pick their apples, morbid decorations, pumpkins in the fields, people go to craft fairs, friends brings zucchini, WALMAAARTS CHRISTMAAAAS AISLE! Gram makes jelly, trees change color, school bells start to ring, and Canadian geese start flying in a v.”
“Oh the twelfth way y’know fall is here,” My true love said to me (big breath) “Grampa starts his raking, acorns start to falling, people pick their apples, morbid decorations, pumpkins in the fields, people go to craft fairs, friends brings zucchini, WALMAAARTS CHRISTMAAAAS AISLE! Gram makes jelly, trees change color, school bells start to ring, and Canadian geese start flying in a v.”
I love the fall! What are some ways your family celebrates autumn?
This was so cute! I went out of breath singing it! 🙂
Thanks so much for stopping by. It is a lot of words. I was out of breath too espoecially when I added the motions 🙂
Lovely! Fall is spectacular and so are these photos. Thanks for sharing!
You are most welcome. Fall is the Lillie famiy’s favorite season. My wife and I both have trips planned to PA this fall to see autmn in Amish country.
This is brilliant! Congrats on a wonderful way to celebrate autumn. I prefer this time of year over Christmas anyway, so I think I’ll adopt this song…beautiful!
Autumn is definitely quieter than Christmas! My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving…so restful. Thanks for checking in.
I enjoyed your fall song. It’s great!! I love fall so much, it’s like a beautiful gift that God sends us every year, with changing trees and windy days. I can’t wait to start making pies!
I can taste the pumpkin pie my wife will make already. In our household she makes the pies and I make the spaghetti sauce from the tomatoes! Thanks for checking in. My sauce recipe will be in a future post by the by.
Hahaha great post! I laughed out loud at Walmart’s Christmas Aisle hahaha. Fun!
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Our Walmart is almost ready to go to two aisles. Thanks for the comment!
Very cute. And very true.
Thank you very much!
I love this and might read it out loud for my turn at Adult Sunday School this week. Good job and congrats on being freshly pressed.
Thank you so much. I hope your students enjoy the song.
I absolutely love fall! And I love your post, too! Fall is undoubtedly my favorite time of the year. I wish it could last for 6 months instead of 3. If there is anywhere in the world where they have fall year round, I want to move there. Catchy tune! Good job!
Thank you for the kind comment. Fall is our favorite season. I can’t wait to take a drive into New Hampshire or Vermont for a look see at the mountains. They are beautiful this time of year.
Congrats on being featured on Freshly Pressed! I was a little skeptical about the song at first, but I’m glad I kept reading because it really got funny by the end. My favorite was the Walmart Christmas Aisle, haha. Kudos & Happy Fall!
I’m in Florida, so our version of ‘Fall’ is the three weeks where it’s still warm but it becomes breezy and cool in the mornings. Then somehow, the weather jumps right into morbidly freezing conditions, and we’re all miserable. I’m headed to the Thomasville Farmers Market in Georgia this weekend to celebrate this small burst of seasonal bliss. 🙂
Thank you for the comment. Thank you also for the constructive criticism. It helps. Fall is a great season up here in Massachusetts but it is followed by our blistering winters. Some years I would take the morbidly freezing Florida winter. Although last year I don’t think you folks were any better off than us.
I love this very funny post and I love Fall. I’m so glad to have found your blog. Cheers!
Thanks for stopping by. Check in again anytime and Cheers back!
I really like this post! I love autumn too-my friends have to keep me away from piles of leaves cos I run into them like a child! That has to be my favourite thing. And my birthday 😉
Thank you so much! Now my sister’s birthday is in October and she celebrates all month so she gets both her birthday and her favorite season in together!
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Thanks so much for the shout out!
Really cute!
Thanks!
Loved your take on Autumn ala 12 days theme… As Autumn is my favorite season, anything fallish gets my attention, and your blog was delightful!
Thank you so much! Hope your autumn is blessed this year.
Very creative and so true. I love the fall season for all the reasons you mentioned. I’ll add apple and pumkin pies.
Thanks so much for the kind comment! I am with you about the pies. I can’t wait until Thanksgiving
Autumn is my favorite season. This was really cute. Thanks!
Hahaha this is fantastic! I now have the tune in my head and it won’t get out. It made me laugh.
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I’m glad I have brought joy today. Hope you can sing the song all the way to Christmas!
Love your blog, and this post’s little song especially!! Autumn is my favorite time of year!
Mine too! Thanks for stopping by and for the words of encouragment!
Oh lordy! You are hilarious!!!!!! Thanks for the giggle and also for probably getting that tune stuck in my head all weekend. I better start decorating for Halloween and playing Thriller or something to get it out of my noggin!
I hope Thriller is able to dislodge the song from your head! 🙂 I am glad though I could make you laugh on your way to digging out the Halloween decorations.
That was fun!
Fall in my family means hearty soups and hanging cured meats in the garage.
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Cured meats? I would love to know the process tell me where I can find out about this! Thanks for stopping by!
Autumn is yummy! Love it and happy that it’s here. A tip of the hat from one song writer to another. My kids will love this.
Thanks so much for the eoncuragement. Autumn is a delicious time of year. Apple cider donuts abound!!
Great pictures! Some of them are outrageous, but I do love the fall photos. I am so excited to move back to Oregon! We are going to enjoy fall weather once again. I love the colors. We live in Arizona now.
I hope your move goes well. My Uncle and Aunt just moved to Pugeot Sound.
Welcome Fall! Great post and great song. I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas!
I too am eagerly awaiting the holidays especially Thanksgiving…PIE!!! Thanks for stopping by
Oh my gosh…I love this! 🙂
Thanks so much. Stop back in again soon.
Very impressive song. Good in itself, but such a clever idea in the first place.
Perhaps every family should create its own customized 12 days songs for their own special times. It could be a good way to pass a long car journey.
(Woohoo, I feel slightly clever now myself, having surfed along on the back of your cleverness.)
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Thanks for the kind words. I am glad I could be a wave upon which you could surf for a bit. Good luck writing your twelve days!
I love this! Thanks for posting it! Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
Thanks for the well-wishes! Glad you enjoyed the post
Great Post ! It does have a catchy tone. Thanks for sharing the autumn fever.
My pleasure. Thanks for stopping by!
I find there are good things about all of the seasons. I think Spring might be my favorite, if I had to pick. We are big fans of leaf piles here too. The 4 year-old gives me a good excuse to play in them.
Our garden didn’t do as well as we were hoping, but we did come by enough tomatoes from a friend to put up a dozen quarts of tomato sauce. I still have a box of apples to do this weekend.
Your little diddy about Fall made me think about all of the things I enjoy about this season. The line about WalMart was funny, and yet scary! It isn’t even October and they are ramping up for Christmas. UGH!
Thanks for sharing & congrats on being “Freshly Pressed!” Mmmm. That makes me think of the apple cider the neighbors used to make when I was a kid.
Thanks for stopping by and for the kind thoughts. There was a place in the next town over that made the best apple cider when I was a kid. I think I have to get me some.
Love the pix, love the song, I heart fall!! This is true in spite of the allergies and this cold I developed last night. Spent most of my week making apple…everything! Apple crisp, apple cake, apple brownies, apple french toast – you get the drift. One of my family favorites is route 80 through upper PA in October to see the tree covered mountains in all their orange, red and yellow majesty! A beautiful masterpiece of natural artistry! Congrats on the FP.
Thanks for the word of encouragement and for stopping by “Reinventing the We’ll”! I have never had an apple brownie can you share the recipe on your blog? That would be awesome
Fun-knee! I hope you don’t mind me sharing with some friends.
I don’t mind your sharing at all. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Autumn is my favorite season! This song was terrific!
Mine too! Thanks for stopping by!
Very clever–and the photos are great!
Hot buttered rum 🙂 And smelling up the concord grapes at harvest… Oh, how I LOVE autumn!
Oh my grape vines are so fragrant this year! That is one I had not thought of. Thank you!
I loooove this post!! I am not a huge fan of the fall because I dread the long, cold, dark winter that follows. This year, though, I am trying to focus on the things I enjoy about fall and this post really reiterated that! Thank you for sharing!!
You are most welcome! Live in the moment. It is a blessed thing!
Ah, I love it!
Fall is my favorite season–and now I have one more reason to revel in it. 🙂 Well, twelve, actually…
Then revel away. The season is short so enjoy!
Haha, this made me laugh, but I gave up singing it after a the first few reasons. I love fall, it’s my favorite season. Loved your pictures, too. 😀 Congrats on getting Freshly Pressed! And happy second day of fall!
Thank you mermaid mallory! Glad I could bring a ray of sunshine.
I LOVE fall, there is beauty all around us from the trees to the sky to the smells to the colors…its just the perfect time of year! It’s not too cold, still some warm days thrown in there…pumpkins, changing leaves, uhh i wish i would stay fall forever 🙂
….Also, fall fashion is amazing!
Agreed Annie! Though as a New Englander I imagine if even fall stayed around too long I would get sick of it. I hate change but cry if it doesn’t come. I am sadly a study in contradiction. Thankfully God is changing me! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
lovely post!
Thank you!
Thanks for a lovely post. For a Northern Hemisphere girl living in the Southern Hemisphere this made me so nostalgic for those lovely Autumn days with crisp leaves under your feet. I shall keep singing your lovely song to remind me! God Bless
Alitu
Thank you. Fall really is about looking back isn’t it? The sound of the leaves falling makes me think of childhood at my grandparents by the lake!
Tee hee! this was adorable. An enjoyable read! 🙂
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Ha ha. This was great!!
Glad you enjoyed it Nicole. This is the season of your anniversary too. So you have double reason to rejoice. Happy almost anniversary!
Oh you made me smile (multiple times). And that has to be good! Thank you. Congrats on being a WordPress freshly pressed blog post!
Thanks Bee! I am glad that this post has made so many smile! May you be greatly blessed this beautiful fall weekend!
This is great. I work with seasons as a part of my work as an acupuncturist. I will definately share it with others. Your observations along with the pictures make it fun to read.
Thanks Collette! I did not know that the seasons came into play with acupuncture. I would love to learn more. Thanks for stopping by
I love the fall Too.
Thanks Ron!
hahahah i love this!
I’m glad I could bring you a good laugh!
Thank you for the inventive post…It’s soo Freshly Pressed-worthy! I’m going to go get a pumpkin with my son and carve away! My best to you.
~Mike
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Thanks for the words of encouragement Mike. Have fun carving that pumpkin!
awww this post is sooo cute i really enjoyed it,, i read it more than once 🙂
Thank you! I love the title on your blog. I can’t wait to check it out.
Hahha! Its so cute! I love the Waalmaart aisle part!
Cheers!
Thanks so much for stopping in. And have fun Christmas shopping this year. I am off to Walmart soon! 🙂
Hello Jelillie:
I just read your Autumn Song and I loved it. The words and the photographs were gorgeous. It comes like a ring on a finger with the upcoming fall. Thank you.
We don’t have an Autumn Season where I live in Panama.
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I am sorry there is no autumn in Panama Omar. I hope sometime you have the opportunity to visit New England in the fall it is something to behold!Thanks for stopping in!
Nicely done. My family and I generally appreciate the cooler weather: our house is not summer friendly.
I know what you mean we have had to work hard and spend a lot on electricity to keep our home at acceptable levels this summer. My wife is awaiting winter with excitement!
I look forward to the very things that you point out every year…especially pear jelly!
There is no jelly I don’t like but my favorite is raspberry! Have a great fall with lots of pear jelly!
Cute!
Thanks so much!
That was so funny!!! I was laughing out loud whilst reading your post. And I have to say- the Halloween witch who has slammed into a tree is the best Halloween decoration I have ever seen….lol!!!
That was so funny!!! I was laughing out loud whilst reading your post. And I have to say- the Halloween witch who has slammed into a tree is the best Halloween decoration I have ever seen….lol!!!
Ahh yes there are many such witches smashed into tree trunks where I live! Thanks for posting!
This was so brilliant, you had me laughing and singing along. It’s good to be back to fall…
A-men to that. Though I have to admit this was a great summer! Thanks for posting.
Ahaha, Walmart’s Christmas Aisle. Good stuff, and it reminds me of why fall is my favorite season!
Have fun Christmas shopping!
I really liked the article, found it very touching 🙂
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Thank you and Happy Autumn!
The 12 ways of Fall, that’s great. Great reminder of what happens in the Fall too. When I think of Fall I think of pumpkins, raking leaves, and cooler days.
Thank you! I cannot wait for pumpkin pie myself!
Love your song! The pictures are great, too. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome!
Everything has its positive and negative sides. It is up to us to benefit from positives of a thing and claim it as a good thing so you have done with fall. It’s name fall shows that it is not going to be good at all. But it is only the matter of thinking as you have done. A thing could be good or bad either by your thought not in itself. May God bless you and enlighten your positive thoughts.
Interesting thoughts here. I often wonder where the term “fall” comes from. Autumn is a much prettuer word don’t you think? But “The Twelve Ways of Autumn” Just didn’t have the same ring to me. As to the seasons being positive or negative I guess they are what you make them. In that sense you are right. I am not sure we can say the same of everything. I believe that “God works all things together for good to those who love Him and are called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 but that doesn’t mean every situation is necessarily good. I know of plenty of bad situations which God has brought good out of. I am not sure that makes the situation any better.
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Oh, my, fantastic! Good pics and an even better sense of humor. Thanks for making my day!
You are more than welcome…and thanks for commenting!
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My mom (http://queendebor.wordpress.com/) linked to your blog and I LOVE the Twelve Days of Fall. I just moved up north so this is my first fall. It’s quite excited because I have literally never witnessed about half the things you sang about. Very nicely done. =)
Happy first Fall in New England! I hope you come to love it as much as my family does!
I really liked your post, but honestly – i really really do NOT like fall. it’s cold, it’s windy, it’s like summer gets killed. all nice and warm dies and … everything dies. I even made a post about it last week…. why i hate fall.
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I shall read your post and see if there is common ground on which we can commiserate. Thanks for the comment though …AND…I am sorry summer has gone and died on us
This was great! It took me a minute to get into the groove, but wow, it was worth it. I really wish I had thought of it.
I am so glad you enjoyed it once the groove overtook you.
Be Blessed!
JE
GREAT post! Can I like it about five times??
I live in Orlando FL now, but I grew up in the Washington DC area, and I really miss a lot about northeastern fall: leaf change, cooler temperatures, etc.
But, when I do my exercises in the evening here, I can still jump in our ourdoor pool (like I did last night) and swim some laps, and ya can’t quite do that at this time of year in Washington. Oh well.
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God bless you!
Tracie
Thanks for the comment. I am already missing summer a little. We had great beach weather! I love the beach too but I guess everything in its season. OH YEAH! That was my point! Still I do miss swimming.
How cool was that. It was pretty catchy. With all the comments it’s probably catching on like wild fire. Of course some people probably think you have too much time on your hands but, it’s all good. It works for me.
Actually I am glad to be replying to all the comments. I feel like I am making new friends all over the world. Thank you for stopping by. I hope you will pop in again soon!
This is my families favorite time of the year. My son and I laughed our heads off trying to sing your song. Thanks for the laughs. I’m always looking for creative ways to connect with my kids.
It is so good to see dads connecting with their kids. The power of positive fathering is a much overlooked subject in our society. Thanks for the comment!
Fall is so beautiful and fun. -thanks for the smile. I agree with adding pumpkin pie!
And how about hot apple cider, jumping in leaf piles and bonfires? Blessings
All good ideas. I think I shall rewrite to incorporate another 12 ways! Thanks for the encouragement!
I love fall, and I’m very excited for it to come. I just love the colours of the trees, and the cool air, and the Halloween decorations. I also really love Thanksgiving, which here in Canada, is coming this October! Very excited. 🙂 I love Thanksgiving. The smells of turkey, how it gets all warm inside from all the cooking the windows start to fog up, watching the thanksgiving parades on TV, taking little naps throughout the day, reading a good book. It’s all so relaxing and wonderful. 🙂 Great song by the way. 😉
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Christopher,
Thanks so much for the comment. Thanksgiving here in the U.S. is my favorite holiday for all the reasons you put down. What an awesome restful holiday based around the idea of thanking God for all our blessings! What could be better.
lovely
Thank you much!
That is very inspiring. Autumn is my favorite time of year. I get to spend more time with loved ones. Thanks for the 12 ways. Cool.
Brandon
Brandon,
You are most welcome. Thanks for the comment!
The title caught my eye, thank you for a wonderful smile and a feeling of joy inside. I am from Ohio now living in Southern Florida and I MISS FALL, so I am keeping this on my wall at work. Again thank you. I will now be reading this blog on a daily basis.
Thank so much. I hope you enjoy the blogs to come!
Nice!!! I can imagine this with the Chipmunk version..so cute.
I wish we have fall here in our place. It’s my favorite season.
The Chipmunk version would be fun. Thanks for the comment!
I love autumn too! Living in Alabama I enjoy all the seasons, but autumn is my favorite. A few of the reasons are what you mentioned, fall foliage, apple pickin’, cooler weather, football games, chili suppers and… I remember I fell in love in the fall.
Your last was a really sweet comment. Truly fall is a great time to fall in love! Thanks for stopping by!
On the 14 way y’know fall is here my true love says to me, our summer fling is over… “and Canadian geese start flying in a v.”
It is sad when the summer comes to an end. But it does not have to be the end of fun does it?
Fun Post! Only we just call them Geese 🙂
Ahh yes and how is fall treating you in the North where they are the geese? Thanks for the words of encouragement
Very creative! 3 months to Christmas … I think I like this version better so we’ll sing yours then 🙂
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
I go now … I hear the rake calling me 🙂
blessings,
ann
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Fall is by far my favorite season, and I am in the midst of planning a fall themed weekend with my friends over Columbus Day weekend- get out of the city, see the glory that is autumn, the whole shebang. ANYWHO, I’m sending this link to them so we can A) sing it on the car ride and B) do everything the song mentions.
Excellent! Have a great weekend of Fall celebration! Thank you for your comment
Wow. It took forever to scroll down the comments to leave one of my own! I guess people know a good, creative, and fun thing when they read it. Okay, to my comment, dang I done forgot 🙂
Hey that’s OK it’s an honor to still be getting comments and hits on this a year after I published it! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Wow. It took forever to scroll down the comments to leave one of my own! I guess people know a good, creative, and fun thing when they read it. Okay, to my comment, dang I done forgot 🙂
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