As the Summer comes to a close, our "season" begins. What I mean by this is that we start gearing up for our busiest time of the year. All Summer long we participated in the little local farmer's markets and I must say that they were wonderful. Apart from the opportunity to be able to sell my products and make some money, I came home with some of nature's freshest blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, tomatoes, corn, squash (even though I don't personally like squash) and who can forget the ginormous watermelons.
Now, with Fall right on my heels, I am starting to anticipate the many new fragrances that I get to play with at this time of year... pumpkin pie, spiced plum, pomegranate (yay for the real ones that will soon delight my palate and stain my fingernails), mulberry, apple jack & peel, orange spice.... I take a whiff of these delightful fragrances and a plethora of memories immediately flood my mind. I've been told that everyone has a fragrance that evokes a memory. Mine are the fall scents, because it was in the fall that I got married and then a few years later it was in the fall that we bought our first place ever while living in Florida. It was also in the fall that my soap making hobby really took off so these were the first scents I "experimented" with.
I can say that this is my favorite season by far. Soon the evenings will be crisp, the leaves will start changing, my persimmons will ripen, we'll take long walks in our yard, throw the football around with the boys and my kitchen will give forth fresh baked pumpkin pie smells.
Indeed fall to me is a new season that brings back fond memories but also a chance to make some new ones!
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