SPOOKY HALLOWEEN

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Today was the PawPALS Party. We all dressed to be spooky and it worked...the children were not sure who each of us was!!!

Tonight is the waiting for darkness to set in and the children to arrive. Shouts of 'trick or treat' are beginning to come faintly over the wind... Candles lit, pumpkins set...treats are ready... only the waiting is left.

First Frost of the Seaason

Monday, October 29, 2007

IT IS COLD HERE... finally!! We have had the first frost of the season last night. The temperature was 31 degrees when I got up this AM. The field that I took the dogs to was pretty yucky yesterday. It seems like the dry weather with the now rapidly cold and the major rains for three days with big time winds made the leaves fall. I guess we need to break out the sweaters. The dogs are now sleeping with me to make sure that they stay warm during the night. That is fine by me...I stay warm that way too!!

Apple Picking in Vermont

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Today was a bright and sunny Sunday. So, this afternoon Carrie and I set out to see the colors (or as the locals say it 'FOLIAGE'... whatever!). We headed North through Massachusetts and found our way to the southern edge of Vermont. The colors were ok, not as great as they are near school (I guess it has been colder up there and the trees are further along). Anyhow, we found our way to an apple orchard. You can see that we picked apples! FUN, Fun, fun!!!

We had a great time. The orchard has a draft horse wagon that you can ride through the hills of the orchard. It was a cheap $2 a person, cheaper than a movie for sure!! It was so much fun and the trees were pretty loaded in the areas where the 'YOU PICK' signs said NO YOU PICK HERE!!! You can see how the younger trees are full of apples.

So, we finished some picking in the 75-80 degree weather and made it back to the barn for some hot apple cidar, cidar donuts (which I DiD NOT LIKE), and a chance to relax before the drive home. It was a pretty and special day. Nice to see how God's hand is in everything, even the apples and the pretty 'foliage'!! After a relaxing afternoon, it is time to return to the reality of the fall -- school work!!!