October!!!

do not like this month.  do not like Halloween.  My sweet brother, at the young age of 19, died Oct 30, 1976, and for that reason I would much rather skip to Nov 1st.. it is here yet?

Beating my kids to the better candy after they Trick or Treat (well, at least TRY).   

31 years a little late, but I'm sorry of your loss and for you not being able to have that time with him.

thanks   Now as an adult, I feel more sad for him, and what he missed in life, and what he didn't get to experience   Thanks for your thoughts...

I'm just trying to get through this month without gorging myself on Halloween candy.  I'm already pushing the candy corn limit. 

Limit?  I was never told there was a candy corn limit.  And if there is, whats the penalty for breaking it?

I heart October...but I'm biased....

<---her b-day is on the same day as John Lennon's was (minus about 40 years or so)

I love each season in turn, and although I'm sad to see summer leave, I'm looking forward to autumn.  I even put out a pumpkin and some pretty mums on my front walk today, to share a bit of the joy with my neighbors. 

In California, though, the seasons sorta just melt into each other, and although it's cooler, it still feel summery outside.  I miss living in the midwest sometimes, and this is one of those times.  I have fond memories of pulling out my warm sweaters and jackets and traipsing off to the cider mill for some fall fun.  Harvest around here is all about grapes, and most of the apples were picked months ago.

I think I'm going to go make the first pot of soup, seeing as how the weather is cooler and I can actually cook indoors now. 

Ahh yes...the change in the seasons...the beautiful colors of fall...the brisk chill in the evening air...

Wait...we live in Florida!

I do miss upstate NY in the fall.

It's like going back to school as a kid.  All summer you wear shorts and t-shirts.  But for autumn, you get to go shopping and get a whole new wardrobe.