The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

I absolutely love this time of the year! Indian summer & the autumn days just naturally bring with them an excitement, an anticipation of things to come. I have found this more so now that I live in Utah, than when I called Arizona home. Perhaps it's the change in the weather, the colors that begin to creep over the mountains or the "v's" of geese that fly over. Whatever the case, all I know is that the best things happen when September begins. For instance, what other time of year do you see makeshift stands on every corner selling corn, tomatoes, squash, apples & berries? And the pumpkin patches! What isn't magical about walking out into a huge field covered with pumpkins of every shape & size & searching row after row for just the perfect one to carve? I love it! Then there's the cooler evenings where the only thing you need to be happy is a sweatshirt & a mug of hot chocolate with a few marshmallows floating on top. Rows of corn become mazes & old clothes are sudden possibilities for a Halloween costume. The holidays are tauntingly just around the corner & somehow the past year, despite the rough spots, holds the promise of ending right where we want it to. Oh, & one more thing I forgot to mention...football, BYU football to be precise. I'm sure I could go all Robert Frost on this too, but I think it speaks for itself. 2-0 with a jump from the #20 spot to #9. Pass the chips & dip, this really is going to be the most wonderful time of the year!