Fans of Pumpkin Spice:
It’s almost that time of year when you have returned from your vacation and you’re getting the kids ready to go back to school. You begin dreaming of falling leaves, the color orange, and, despite weeks remaining in the season of Summer, that favorite Fall flavor.
But … shhhhh.
You fall for it every year.
As soon as Corporate America decides it’s time for you to buy their products, they inundate all of us with advertising way before the high temperatures dip down into the 60s. Now, with warm temperatures in the Wheeling area this summer, it’s understandable why some would like the cool-down to begin, but it’s not. Not yet anyway.
But the fall and winter seasons are coming because there is a time for the leaves to change, for the shorts and flip-flops to be put away, and for long johns and snow boots to be brought out of storage. Snow and sleet will fall, the roads will get slick, and accidents will take place, unfortunately.
But it’s not time yet for those dreaded inevitabilities to occur.
We love pumpkin pie and pumpkin roll is pretty darn good, too, but in October and not July, August, and September. So, during the two months we have until it is officially autumn, have another margarita or Summer Shandy and appreciate the daylight, being able to sit on the front porch, and not needing to know where that #@*%&$# shovel is just yet.
Sincerely,
Local Summer Lovers
