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moving with the seasons

I mentioned how sad I am with the end of summer.  
But I keep reminding myself each season brings new things along with it (anyone else have the rent song playing in their head?)


-who wants iced anything in January?  not me.  who wants a hot drink in the afternoon on a summer day?  not me.
-now is pumpkin anything time, which i love.  pumpkin spiced lattes, pumpkin spice kisses (surprisingly hard to find), pumpkin cookies (like oreos), pumpkin muffins, pumpkin soup...
-the leaves are beautiful
-and now it's halloween time.
i was a little halloweened out after Adler After Dark's Spooky Space last week.  And I hadn't even dressed up yet.  Although it was funny last week when we visited a school and talked about what you can learn at the planetarium (kindergartners): stars, the moon, etc.  one kid said, "halloween" after those things were listed.  i laughed a little.  you know what those kiddos have on their minds.  (did you know:  apparently, chicago is the 5th best city to trick-or-treat.  i had no idea.  i don't even know how kids trick-or-treat here.)


i'm excited for the halloween parade on halsted on monday.  
i tried to come up with more halloween spirit by heading over to the panaderia for pan de muerto.  i want to make my own ofrenda (altar-may consist of photographs, bread, other foods, flowers, toys and other symbolic offerings).
this was probably one of my favorite holidays to celebrate in mexico.  i love their Día de los Muertos.  I love focusing on the life of your loved one, rather than their death and celebrating that life.
so i'm excited for that too.


basically i'm trying to focus on the fact that each season brings it's own special things.


and... i'm trying to go into winter with a positive attitude.

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