Kind of Corny

My friend Betty has been eating corn on the cob from the grocery store for weeks and enjoying every kernel.  Until a few weeks ago, Larry and I hadn't had our first corn of the season.  Fortunately, however, our local farmer's market featured corn one Saturday and we got hooked.  It seems that every other night for a while we added an ear of corn to our supper, no matter what the rest of the supper entailed.  Instead of whole wheat pasta, brown rice, couscous or quinoa, we ate an ear of corn each.  Despite the drought and sad state of our area's corn crop this year, we enjoyed one deliciously sweet and juicy ear after another.  As the weeks went by, we ate our quota of corn for the growing season -- and then some.  We're now ready for the next item from the harvest -- apples.  There have been some devastating stories published recently about our area's apple crop being up to 80% less than normal this year due to the strange weather dating back to last winter and spring.  However, our local orchard, Ski Hi Fruit Farm, was brimming with apples, pears and more today.  So, on a crisp fall-like day, we bought apples, pears and honey.  We're enjoying those first tastes of fall. At this time of year, my taste buds switch their preference from one delicious food to another, and so they leap now from corn to apples.  Autumn is definitely on its way.