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- The grocery store has a special display shelf for pumpkin puree, brown sugar, cinnamon and cloves.
- Bags of Halloween candy are overflowing in every store.
- Magazine covers feature pumpkins, turkeys and pies.
- It’s getting dark outside earlier.
- There’s a bit of a cooler breeze in the evenings.
- Fall vegetables and gourds are spilling over in the bins at the organic market.
- The craft and fabric stores are full of autumn crafts and fabrics.
- You start to plan your Thanksgiving menu and shopping list.
- You see commercials on TV with that familiar fall theme.
- You look at photos of all the Halloween costumes you made for your children over the years.
- You drive through the neighborhood and see more and more Halloween decorations.
- You bake something luscious with cinnamon and molasses in it.
- Your birthday is in October. (Mine is on Sunday!!!)
- Your tomato plants are starting to take off. (Fall is the growing season down here.)
- You plant your “winter” flowers.
- DJs on the radio are playing Halloween games and talking about Halloween events coming up.
- You start to see more and more tourists in restaurants and on the beaches.
- Acorns are falling off oak trees.
- Less clouds are in the sky than in summer.
- You want to light a fire in the pit in the backyard and just hang out.
