Look, I get you. You all want to be ears deep in October already, breathing spoopy air and disfiguring (or would it be refiguring?) pumpkings, all that Ghost Month goodness. But September is a perfectly fine transitional month – and in some ways, transitional months are the best kind: they replace old frustrations (scary sunshine, sweaty armpits, wasps) with new, exciting seasonal experiences (colourful trees, cinnamon for every meal, snoods).

These were my favourite bits and bobs this past month!