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. 

Before It Got Cold Out

This is the last pictures of my pretty little garden, taken just days before the frost got it. 

 

Evangeline drew this little picture of Pickles at the beginning of the school year.  It's been hanging on the refrigerator.   We just love this kitty....

 

We sure loved spending time outside after getting home from work/school.  We already miss being able to go out so much now that the time has changed and the temps have dropped.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nerd Alert

Jed and Evangeline received these silly glasses somewhere and one day Jed and I decided we needed to try them out and take ridiculous selfies.  These pictures crack me up.

Pumpkin Tree

Did I mention our pumpkin tree?  Several weeks ago Kyle spotted large yellow blossoms on a tree in our back yard.  Upon further examination I discovered that the seeds from a pumpkin I threw out in the woods last fall had germinated and its vine wrapped itself up in a tree.  We had pumpkins and blossoms growing on the tree for weeks!  We loved to check on the tree every so often and watch the pumpkins turn orange.  We "harvested" two nice little pie pumpkins for our front porch. 

A Visitor

New neighbors moved across the street a few months back, and with them came their outdoor cat, Milky.  Milky thinks he lives with us though.  He is over at our house constantly.  He is constantly trying to get in, and has a few times.  He makes it real tricky to get into the garage without him coming too.  Milky is a sweetie though and we don't mind his company one bit......Pickles may feel a little differently though.  Milky likes to come hang out in our front windows and it drives Pickles nuts! 

Side note:  Jed loves to ride his big wheel down the incline in our driveway.  Then he gets off and has us drag it back up to the top for him to do it all over again and again.