Sweet, wonderful October. Positively one of my favorite months. The leaves are changing, the air is crisper, I can actually wear my jackets and not just tote them around in the trunk of the car hoping against hope to need them. October is the entryway to the holiday season. The appetizer. The warm and toasty apple cider that you drink while walking through a field of freshly fallen leaves.

Fall and university always go hand in hand for me. There is no better setting for autumn than the corridors of a college town. As such, it seemed rather essential that the October 10-on-10 feature my alma mater — the University of Colorado Boulder.

Before we dive in, I have to give a shout out to my fellow 10-on-10ers. This crew is top notch, so please give them a tip of your wool cap (to fight the cold, you know), and visit their own posts welcoming October:

I found while wandering around campus that I needed way more than just 10 photos to give you a true tour of the place. It’s a very big school, a gorgeous campus, and has all sorts of memories and stories associated with it. So perhaps this post will serve as merely an introduction to the place, to be revisited in the future. I pulled my sisters along with me last week on our jaunt around CU. I also made them be my models. They were thrilled.