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Okay, I’m kidding, mostly. I don’t want to rush time and it is only January 6th, but I am already a bit tired of this cold weather.  And we still have some of the coldest months to get through yet! I don’t know if you saw this news earlier today, but there is a town in upstate New York that has had snow on and off for the last nine days with a total accumulation of over four feet and still counting. Some snow can be a lot of fun for most of us, but I think most would also agree that 50+ inches of snow is too much. Imagine all of the shoveling. And trying to warm up your car, cleaning your windshield every morning before work. It makes me crave a tropical island.

There is a pretty cold snap across the US right now, and looks like they are having crop concerns as far south as Florida. It’s tough times when that happens. Part of the reason many people move down South is to escape the brutal winters of the North. But right now there’s not many places untouched by this frigid weather. So I guess I can’t help but think about spring!

It seems everywhere I look these days there are pumpkins for sale. I don’t recall seeing them everywhere when I was younger, and certainly not in September. It seemed they used to just be around closer to Halloween rather than over one month before the holiday. And they were only in a few places, like a garden center or a pick-your-own farm. Or maybe that’s just how I recall it. Now I see them outside every grocery store, gas station, home supply store - you name it. Beautiful mum plants too that are hard to resist. It makes me wonder where they are all being grown.

So now I have to fight the urge to buy them too soon, especially the mums since I like them to last until Thanksgiving and if I buy them too soon they look pretty sad by the time late November rolls around. In the meantime I think I’ll concentrate on cleaning up my messy yard and putting away some of the decorations before the cold weather arrives. Then I can go wild and buy some of the beautiful fall decorations I can’t seem to resist.