Did you know that yesterday – October 5 – was “World Smile Day” in honor of  Harvey Ball who created the ubiquitous smiley face? Learning that fact made me smile…and brainstorm some other things that October brings to mind:

• oak trees and acorns ~ there seem to be quite a lot this season and one has to be extra careful not to get bombarded by a falling limb laden with acorns or to step on a bunch and not lose your footing…
• pumpkins, of course pumpkins…
• mums in bright colors of yellow, magenta, orange…
• the leaves on trees changing colors… …
• cooler nights and shorter days…
• Halloween, tho’ we don’t have trick-or-treaters but I still buy candy corn, it’s good for snackin’…
• the return of pumpkin scones and pumpkin spice lattés at Starbucks…
• apple cider and hayrides and scare crows…

• 91 days left in the year…really?!

What about October makes you smile?

06 Oct This entry was written by Honoré and published on October 6, 2012 at 3:40 pm. It’s filed under Autumn, Honoré. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.