Fall Feels

 

I picked up several gallons of persimmons with my kids one fall afternoon.  I see lots and lots of persimmon cookies and puddings in our future. 

 

Kyle has been out mountain biking and running the trails.  He took the kids out to do some leaf peeping and hiking around. 

Evangeline and I enjoy getting the paints out from time to time.  I spent about an hour painting this "masterpiece" over Christopher Columbus weekend.  I'm finding it to be very relaxing.

 

We've enjoyed the corn this year.  It really closes in the yard, but it also makes it feel kind of cozy.  I like it better than beans.  I also love it right before it's harvested, when the stalks are big and dry.  They are just so majestic looking.  

 

I took this picture of the house a week or two before Halloween and seriously, just the following week the leaves on the maple to the left turned bright yellow and started to drop.  It was amazing how quickly the leaves changed.

 

Jed made this friendly little ghost at Peggy's house and he was so proud of it.  It hung in a place of honor on our refrigerator for the whole month of October.  

 

We've been getting the most beautiful morning sunlight filtering between what's left of the leaves in our backyard.  Every weekend we are home I find myself just in awe of this gorgeous sight.