SomethingAboutMe Challenge - Autumn memories

One of the nicest challenges on Steemit is Something About Me or SAM challenge hosted by @bluemoon. The details are here. Every Saturday we are invited to share something about us.

During the past weeks, I've said a lot about me: favourite color, music, hobbies, family relarionships. I have no idea what else to share so I will start writing my memoirs. 😂 Seriously, now, I want to share with you some of the best memories from my childhood, when everything was perfect.

The first story that comes to my mind is related to the beautiful Autumns we experienced when I was a kid. I will try to explain in this post why we loved Autumns so much.
Both me and my sister were waiting for the month of September when school starts in Romania. Don't get me wrong, we did not have the thirst for knowledge...the school start meant new stationery, new clothes and playing with our colleagues. September was also the month when people began to harvest the crops and prepare the land for the long Winter.
My grandparents used to grow potatoes. Not on a big scale but for internal consumption, so to speak. We all helped them, especially me and my sister who used to run like lunatics among the fields. The evenings were very pleasant as grandma used to cook the dinner from the newly harvested vegetables. Nothing fancy, just fries, our favourite dish at that time.
Another lovely activity was harvesting the apples. This time we were heavily involved as we couldn't miss the opportunity to climb trees. Plus, we loved these delicious fruits and... I still do.

All the above activities were nice and fun but nothing could match the best autumnal field preparations. After harvesting the potatoes, apes, beans etc. the fields were cleared of the withered leaves and stems. Huge piles of field debris appeared and we could not wait to start the fire. We were not fascinated by fire like every respectable arsonist but we loved the smoke. Running around and making up stories about fierce dragons or eerie mist, was our favourite autumnal activity. I cannot say the same thing about my mom....she had to clean two little Cinderellas and convince them to stay inside as night was fastly approaching.
I'm telling you, my friends...these were good times. 🙂
Unfortunately, the only photos from that era are printed on paper. I did not have time to scan then and, honestly, some of them are not to be shown. 😂
So, I will share a recent photo of some beautiful asters, my grandma's favourite flowers.

These are some of the beautiful memories I have since childhood, the most beautiful era. Life was hard back then but our parents taught us to find beauty and joy in simple things. We didn't need fancy toys to be happy. A simple stick would become a powerful sword, the best weapon against the evil dragon (my grandpa's turkey, evil in the purest form).

Have a great weekend, my friends!

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Check out the challenge started by me and @erikah, SeasonChallenge. We would love to learn about your impressions towards the Fall (these being the theme until 1st of December).

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