Fall leaves+crisp air+sunshine=Homesick?

I haven't experienced a Fall season for years and today was the perfect Fall morning. Brilliant sunshine peeking over the huge Chugach range, spilling onto it's hills and valleys, already painted intense hues of red, yellow and orange. The air is crisp but not cold and the clouds are fluffy like meringue. So I found myself at the grocery store, shopping for items which would be used for creating the ultimate Fall smorgasbord. Frozen noodles, crisp pink apples, chocolate, bananas...I came home and stirred up some semi-homemade chicken noodle soup (if anyone has a GREAT recipe for the stuff, send it my way). My totally homemade soup always tastes bland....
...then it was on to some chocolate pudding (totally homemade) from www.joythebaker.com There are no words to describe it's decadent, divine texture and flavor. As I was stirring, I called my sis and it turns out she was making soup too! We realized that we are homesick!

Homesick? Yes, homesick! For some reason Fall makes me homesick and I've deduced that it's because somewhere in my definition of Fall the words "cozy" and "comfort" are found...two words that also = home (and family and friends *sigh*). So my sis and I are going to do our best to make our own homes as comfy and cozy as the home (in AZ) that we long to be in right now! And I'm headed back to the store to get some caramel for those apples...and later today I'll be baking up some whole wheat banana bread. Mmm...Fall!