Autumn...

Finally, Autumn is here. My favorite time of the year, though we've not had much fall like weather. Its been in the 80's once again this week, a bit too hot for this time of year. Soon though, it will feel like fall. The nights have been cooler though and it's nice to sleep with the windows open and smell the crisp air. The leaves have been turning, some already falling from the trees. Barb and I have to get out and about to capture it all.

The pumkin in the picture was just recently picked. Grown by my husband, its the first pumpkin to actually make it; grow and become an actual pumkin. I went and bought a bunch of colorful mums last weekend for around the yard and will plant some this weekend.

My Mother's garden right now is becoming covered with the falling leaves and pine needles. Soon, it will be covered under the first frost, as our next season approaches; winter. Whenever I speak of my love for the Fall season, I am usually responded back with "Yeah, but we all know what comes after fall". I don't mind. I love the changes of seasons; all of them. I don't like to drive in snow or ice, but I do enjoy a big snow storm. Its beautiful and it's exciting, as long as I don't have to go out in it. It's beautiful to watch from the inside of your own, warm house.

There are many birthdays in the fall too. Kim just celebrated her big 40th. Soon I'll be posting the pictures of her party. My son's birthday is in just three days. Mine is the 9th and Barb's is the 13th. A good month October is. There is also two, three day weekends in October. And then we have Halloween to look forward to.

I haven't been apple picking yet, which is a great fun thing to do in the fall but I have been stopping at a farm a couple of times a week for mainly fresh apples. Just like the fresh, farm stand vegetables this summer, there is nothing better than fresh. Tomorrow, I'm bringing home made apple cider and homemade plain donuts into work for those in the group that I facilatate. I run a small group for those that I work with on Friday mornings and I asked them last week "what would you like me to plan or do for next week's group?" and they all quickly responded "Bring us in some apple cidar and plain donuts". So tomorrow morning, we'll cheer on a fall day together.

Fall goes by so quickly, and I truely try to watch each day for everything that it is. Every day it's changes are apparent. Almost with a blink of the eye, and it's over. We all look at each other and ask "what happened to fall?" One second here and the next, gone. The leaves become so quickly brilliant in golds, reds, oranges, yellows and with one of fall's rain and wind storms, it will take down with it what colorful leaves have not already fallen. And Autumn is done.

So don't miss a moment! Take a look around every day and watch the beautiful changes happen before your eyes as the seasons unfold from one to another.