Happy Autumn!
Okay, I know it’s not Autumn yet–not officially anyway–but I’m feeling Fallish.
Since moving up here to Maryland, I have remembered that Autumn is absolutely my favorite season. I am so excited that the leaves will soon be changing. The air is already starting to carry a bit of a chill in the evenings, and I’m looking forward to jeans and sweaters, crisp nights, bonfires, hayrides, apple and pumpkin picking…all the wonderful things the season has to offer.
So I thought in the spirit of the season one of our visitors might like this pretty Autumn Leaves wreath, which is about 11″ in diameter
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I’ll also send the winner an autographed book from my backlist, your choice (depending upon availability.)
Just comment and you’re entered!
And here’s a little something to get us in the mood…
Leslie Kelly used to say she wanted to be a doctor when she grew up, but then she discovered Nancy Drew books. Being a flashlight-under-the-covers-nose-in-book reader throughout her childhood, she couldn’t think of anything else she’d rather do as an adult than continue to lose herself in fictional stories. Her real life marriage of 20 years to the man of her dreams is a constant reinforcement that happily-ever-afters really can happen…and that they’re worth writing about. Living in Maryland, Leslie spends her non-writing time laughing a lot with the above-mentioned romance hero and their three daughters. Though an author of more than thirty sexy, contemporary comedies, she has recently branched out to write dark romantic suspense under the pseudonym Leslie Parrish.
ANOTHER WILD WEDDING NIGHT
Hard to Hold
Love Me If You Dare
Wild For Him
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I love Autumn. The colors are amazing and your prize is beautiful. Happy Friday!
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What a gorgeous picture. I’m hoping when we head up to see kidlet for Parents Weekend the colors will be as glorious.
TGIF
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Leslie, I live in Massachusetts, so I get to see views like the one pictured above on a daily basis in autumn. It is one of my favorite times of the year, as well.
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Fall is my favorite time of the year . What a great prize .
happy weekend everyone .
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Another vote for autumn here. I love the cool, crisp weather. Beautiful prize.
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
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I love Autumn. I’m all about the crisp clean air. My favorite is the colors the leaves turn, and when they start to fall from the trees, and the way they float majestically around, like a little dance before they hit the ground. I’m looking forward to it.
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Another vote for fall! I’m looking forward to the fall season and the return of all my favorite TV shows too. Have a great weekend everyone!
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What an awesome wreath! :grin1:
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I cant believe its almost fall but my fave thing is all the pumpkin stuff ( candles, pie, cookies, bread , icecream ) ok lol I am hungry now and its so fun to decorate for fall as well this is a great prize this week!
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Good morning Leslie,
Great picture! I love Autumn too. We are in NE Georgia & like nothing better than to take a day trip up to the Mountains to see the leaves. We have a ton of festivals, parades, & such this time of year here so it is a lot of fun. Beautiful wreath and a book too, awesome!
Thank you,
Susan B.
sbussey AT windstream.net
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I Love Fall!!! The smell of homemade aple pie, fall leaves. Nothing beats the fall colors here in New England!! Have a great weekend everyone.
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I love autumn! The leaves here are already changing and I have to cover the garden at night now in case of frost. I still have tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers that I don’t want to freeze. My pie pumpkins are turning a nice bright orange! We went apple picking yesterday and it was a beautiful day the sky was blue and not a cloud to be seen. Today is cold and gray and rain is predicted, so I am glad I got the lawn mowed too.
Did I mention that I love autumn?
Tammy- cleaning the freezer out the other day I found a pack of frozen pumpkin and am going to make a pie today! Yeah!!
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I love fall because it is cooler, it’s a beautiful time of year, and it’s college football season!
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What a gorgeous wreath. Have a great weekend everyone.
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Fall is my favorite season! I love to drive into the mountains and look at all the trees turning. Have a great weekend everyone.
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I associate fall with cooler temps, football games, hiking to see the fall color and the first fires in our old fireplace. I also start to make more stew, chicken pot pie etc.
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Aside from the beautiful color show, I am not a fan of fall….only because I don’t like the long, cold winter following close on its heels. But that’s why I moved to NC….long, hot summer, pretty autumn and short, mild winter. That I can take. You know, I might just talk myself into liking autumn. :giggle:
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The weather here has started to cool down, so Fall is coming fast. I love the colors is that pic.
That wreath will look beautiful on someones door.
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I am looking forward to fall…we are supposed to have weather in the 90s this weekend and early next week (really, Janelle, it is NOT usually like this, we are having our summer, now…it is because I had been saying it was the best summer ever with few days of 90s)….I am tired of wearing shorts and t-shirt…gimme fall!!!
Everyone in Ike’s path, please stay ’safe and warm’ as my niece used to say. We are all worried about you!!!
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The temps over here sure have been fall like, but looks like it’s taking a break this weekend to get humid from the rain that we might or might not get. :) But in any case, I’m definitely in the autumn mood here! :)
Lois
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I love fall! It’s cool enough to turn off the air and not turn on the heat. I can sleep with my windows open and the colors are so beautiful. I’m ready for jeans and sweaters.
Saying a prayer for everyone in Ike’s path. Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful weekend!
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Wow – what a great fall giveaway! Good luck everyone!
Happy Friday and have a great weekend!
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I’m in Maryland too and the leaves here are starting to change. So put me in the drawing.
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Very nice prize, I hope everyone has a good weekend
I live in Maryland too
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Beautiful picture. :flower4you:
I love Autumn too but I feel it will be a while before it finds its way down south to my neck of the woods.
I could use a little cooler weather. :dog1:
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I love the fall season… Very pretty colors on the trees. Have a good weekend everyone.
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OOO I live in Vermont so I get to see that all the time…SOOO PRETTY!
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Hope everyone has a great Friday and a great weekend!
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Fall has always been my favorite season! The trees here started changing color a couple of weeks ago.
The wreath is every nice!
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I :heart1: autumn too. It’s my favorite time of year. The leaves on the maple in our front yard have already begun to change color.
Have a great weekend.
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After surviving the hot and humid summers here in Florida I always look forward to Autumn with the cooler, less humid air. Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend! What a beautiful picture of the leaves changing!
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That is such a beautiful wreath. I love all of the colors of autumn. Have a great weekend everyone.
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I love autumn! And what a pretty wreath! The picture is gorgeous. Looking at it I can almost feel the chill in the air.
Have a terrfic Friday,
Cher :banana:
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I am a huge fan of Fall too! I love the falling leaves, except raking them LOL! I always have my mulled cider candle burning in the house and it smells like I have been baking all day
What a great wreath and it would look aweome on my front door!
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:ghost: I love fall – my favorite time is Halloween!! Carving pumpkins, decorating the house, dressing up the kids – great fun!! The only thing that I don’t like about fall is that it leads into winter!!!
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Can’t wait to go pick those apples and make some apple pie! Here in CA we get less of the beautiful changes during fall, but we do get some oranges and reds. Though I’m from the coast, where the seasons stay the same almost all year, and we’ve recently moved to NorCal…so maybe we’ll be pleasantly surprised!
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When I was little we lived in PA and used to go out in the country to where they made apple butter in these big black cauldrons with a stirring yoke on top. You could smell the spices from a long way away. We would also pick pumpkins from a local farmer’s field with way too many pumpkins to choose from. Four kids carving pumpkins must have been a hoot for my mom.
Now that I’m in South Florida, I don’t see the Fall season down here. I do miss Fall but not Winter!
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What a gorgeous picture! I love fall -though I don’t love the colder weather. I grew up in the midwest, and I always appreciated having four seasons… even when winter lasted for half the year
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Enjoyed the beautiful photo of the trees. Have a good weekend everyone..
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Hey Les, that is a beautiful picture…the colors are wonderful…around this time of year, I get so busy that I don’t take enough time to stop and appreciate the plethora of colors that are outside my windows this time of year…thanks for the reminder…
I hope that everyone is doing well…my computer is still down, so I am jumping in randomly…
Have a wonderful day…
Peace and love,
Paula R.
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Great photo, I love when the leaves change.
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Beautiful picture! I miss really beautiful autumns. I feel like last year it went by too fast!
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I like autumn, not sure we have an autumn sown here in FL. Usually we have summer and winter.
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Beautiful photo, I love the fall myself. We are having falling leaves already because the weather is so dry. Can’t wait for the cooler temps to.
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Great picture!
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:flower4you: Love fall here in MN.
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I love Autumn also… what a beautiful season!!! :heart1:
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Fall is my favorite season. I live in Massachusetts and love the change of seasons.
Love the wreath – count me in! Great pix.
Have a nice weekend everyone!
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The wreath is beautiful! Since we really don’t have an Autumn here in Tampa, I over decorate.
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That reminds me, I need to change the wreath on the front door. LOL. I forget. *goes to do that now while thinking about it*
Thoughts and prayers to the Gulf Coast folks. Stay safe! Enjoy your weekends for those not worried about the weather.
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My favorite time of the year, all the pretty colors and football season!
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I love fall, and here in Massachusetts there are lovely trees abound already. Have a great weekend.
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I LOVE FALL :wub
Loved the great picture Leslie.
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I LOVE FALL :wub
Loved the great picture Leslie.
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Happy Friday! Fall is my favorite time of the year, too. I can’t wait to have the fireplace all aglow. One of your books and the beautiful fall leave/acorn
wreath! What a fabulous prize package. I would put the wreath on our front door and sit by the fireplace reading your book. Please enter me in your drawing. I always appreciate it…..Thanks, Cindi
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Gorgeous picture! Can’t wait to see all of the fall colors here!
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I love fall and the cooler temps. But here in Va this weekend we will see highs of 95 degrees. Go figure.
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The leaves are so beautiful when they’re changing color, but the trees are still green right now. It’s been rainy all day.
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Fall has always been my favorite season. Football, pumpkins, cider and colorful leaves falling.
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I live in PA so I’ll be seeing that scene very soon
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I am a Fall fan-beautiful picture of the trees. And it’s football time, I live in a college town.
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I wish I had that view out my window. I live in Southern California and don’t get views like that unless I drive somewhere to find them. Have a great weekend!
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I love the fall and can’t wait for Halloween. I enjoy taking my son to the pumpkin patch and dressing him up in a costume. Right now, my family is preparing for Hurricane Ike to hit Houston in the morning hours. I live in Katy which is a little west of Houston. I’m going to just curl up with a book and hope that everyone stays safe.
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I love the changing of the leaves and the leaves falling. In our town some people start raking the minute a leaf falls and I always say to them that leaves are meant to be on the ground for an amount of time b/c it’s fall. I don’t rake them up until later after I’ve enjoyed the crunch of them under my shoes.
Love the wreath; absolutely gorgeous.
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BEAUTIFUL WREATH. MY MAGNOLIA TREE STARTED DROPPING LEAVES
2-3 WEEKS AGO–NEIGHBORS HAVE A FIT IF THEY BLOW INTO THEIR
YARD SO HAVE TO GET MY MAN THAT MOWS TO GET RID OF THEM.
COURSE THEY ARE PRETTY.
ALICE IN TEXAS
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What a totally gorgeous picture. I love this time of year, getting my sweats and favorite comforters out of storage.
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Beautiful picture. I’m ready for fall! The grapes are being harvested and Farmer’s Market is starting to have some pumpkins which means fall is coming. Once the grapes are all in I want to see some rain, we need it badly.
Great prizes Leslie.
Everyone have a great weekend. :wave:
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What a stunning picture! I love changing leaves but here in AZ we don’t get much of that. I love fall because Halloween is my favorite holiday :pumpkin:
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It is almost fall… I wish we had a longer summer.
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What a beautiful photo and a great gift. I love the Fall season with all the beautiful colors of the leaves…unfortunately, then those leaves all fall down and I am sure they all land in my yard so it takes forever to rake them all up. Of course, after raking them into piles all the kids love to play in them and so we, naturally, have to rake them up more than once…but a fun time is had by all.
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Cool prize and a lovely photo! Have a great weekend everyone!
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What a pretty wreath, and that’s a lovely picture.
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I love fall now more then ever living in Florida it cools the weather down. so we can at least go outside with out sweating to death. I do miss the colors of the leaves when living in Colorado and Washington. Welcome Fall
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Autumn is hands down my favorite season. And up here in Maine the nights are a little chilly. Snuggle under the comforter chilly.
Lu
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everyone have a great weekend
Donna
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What a very pretty wreath! I like autumn too…although I prefer summer to just about anything. For us autumn basically means snow…which I am not at all a fan of.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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What a beautiful photo! Hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend!
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What a beautiful picture! Fall makes me think of chilly nights drinking apple cider and eating pumpkin pie!
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Leslie, I’m definitely with you in being ready for Autumn. Winter is my favorite season so I will enjoy Autumn knowing that it brings Winter one step closer. :)
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What a nice wreath. The colors are beautiful. Great deal on a book, too.
Hope all that are on the Texas gulf coast are safe throughout hurricane Ike this week-end.
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Autumn is my favorite time of year too Leslie. I love the cooler days and beautiful colors. The wreath is very pretty and perfect for Fall. Have a great weekend everyone.
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Great giveaway! Everyone have a terrific weekend!
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very prett y pics. have a nice weekend all
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That is just so nice