The season of spicy pumpkin lattes and warm woollen mittens is approaching quickly, and I think I’m eventually ready to let the summer go. After all, the autumn can be quite enchanting too, and quoting one of my favourite protagonists from the childhood - Anne of Green Gables - “I am so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

This month I decided to do “homage” to one of the top 5 most popular plants in the world - Chrysanthemum (or mum). I find it quite interesting that these flowers have such a conflicting symbolism - in some countries, they are related to happiness and joy, whereas, in some places in Europe (in the one I come from for example), the chrysanthemum is considered the flower of death and is typically used in funerals and on graves.

I definitely chose the first connotation, which is joy and happiness, especially after trying a certain beverage “Made in China” - Chrysanthemum tea. Not only is it tasty, but it also has many health benefits.

I also love the fact that there are hundreds of different varieties of mums. Apparently, plant breeders are regularly creating some new ones each year. So I decided to “breed” my own too, and use it for this month calendar. My mums are a bit different and quite messy, but I hope you will like them as much as I do.

To download my October Handful Mums Calendar, just click on the size you’d like. If you are unsure about your device resolution size, you can check it here.

Also, if you can’t find the size you need, let me know, and I’ll add it next month.

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I’d be grateful and absolutely delighted If you share my free calendars on your own blog, but please direct your readers to this post to download the file. Thank you! :-)