I reach for a wooden cutting board and the butternut squash from my grandfather’s vegetable garden and feel instantly connected to autumn and nature.

Welcome easy and tender October. You inspire such warmth and affection, and we’ve been waiting for you.

Once the temperature hovers above freezing for more than a few days, it only becomes a matter of time before nature starts to unveil her floral splendour.

The ocean draws us in. It just does. It’s magical, it’s powerful, it’s bigger than anything we know.