This place has a way of reminding me that I'm not in the city anymore.
While looking for provisions and readying for the hurricane, we spotted crude signs by the side of the road. They directed us to the tiniest of pumpkin-picking events, hosted in one of the neighborhood farms.
They had baskets full of smallish weird gourds as well as huge pumpkins, monumental hay stacks, painted and arranged to resemble tractors and spiders...
Just look at that sign's adorable offerings!
There even was a small corn maze. I booed my way through it, in an attempt to make it scary for everyone else. Who knows, maybe I can get a seasonal job as maze ghost next year!
Oh yes: I will be spending my birthday in the aftermath of this hurricane.
I'm a little excited about it, actually. Hurricanes feel so familiar to me... There was a time when I would deal with 2 or 3 in a season! So is life in the tropics.
You are so cute in the corn field! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!! I hope you were safe during the hurricane and didn't have any damage. I've only experienced hurricanes living on the east coast, but I hate them. It's like a prolonged, collective anxiety in the air that just hangs on for days. And then of course, there was the added fear this year of having a house and worrying about damage. But thankfully, everything was fine. And now life moves on again. I hope you have an excellent birthday! xoxo
Thank you for the birthday wishes!! :)
ReplyDeleteIt was a good one, despite the strange circumstances.
So many people were affected by the flood! I can only imagine what goes through the mind of a home-owner when a hurricane (or similar) is announced...
I confess I enjoyed hurricanes growing up: they meant school was closed for a few days, and after they had passed there was always a unique freshness in the air. Like the city was exfoliated. This time though, it mostly left me with heartache, for the fallen trees and all the affected people...
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