Fall in Southern California is not all that spectacular unfortunately. The air doesn’t have that familiar crispness to it and well… sand doesn’t undergo seasonal color changes… So we pretend…
We buy our steaming hot cups of PUMPKIN SPICED Lattes (what would we do without Starbucks?!);
Make fall trees with colored paper…. and sand…
Carve pumpkins. In the Desert heat they whither and faint the same day you carve them…
And we ‘Trick-or-Treat”. No need for jackets – we can dress-up as Malibu Barbie AND get a tan…

I came to realize that you are Daddy’s “little” girl, Cindy!
You have such a good writing art skill, just as Pops!
I love you very much!!!!!!!!!!