Fall in New England

Fall is my favorite time of year here in New England. The leaves turn beautiful colors, the air gets crisp and I finally feel like cooking again. I took two walks yesterday because it was so beautiful out. The air was cool and the sun was shining. Of course, it cools down fast in the evening. While I was out walking at noon time I had to take my layers off, but later on at my daughter's field hockey game I had gloves on.

We took the screens out of the screened in porch last weekend. As much as I welcome the change of season, it is sad to see the screens go into the garage. It really means the end of summer. Soon it will be time to clear out the old vegetable plants and close down the garden.

I picked some green tomatoes to let them ripen on the window sill.

Here are some potatoes we harvested in our garden. I asked a friend how to do it. I followed half of the instructions and here is what we ended up with. It was alot of fun to try. Maybe tonight we will eat them and see how they turned out.

Enjoy your fall. K

Monday morning

I started off slow this morning. How could I get out of bed when it was dark and stormy out? I finally did and got everyone up and out. As the last kids left I grab the only iPod I could find and headed out for a run. It turned out to be more of a fight than a run. The wind was so strong that I had to fight it to get forward. Call it resistance training. So I plugged along listening to Kiss 108 top 40 on my orange iPod with pink headphones.

I did end up walking for part of it but I used to rest of the run to think about things. I thought about the bittersweet I would come back and snip off to use for decoration. I thought about the Blogging Your Way course that is now unofficially finished. I have four weeks to go back and reread the info and use the forum. I also have a couple of jobs that are going on right now. One is pillows and a duvet for a neighbor. (sneak peak of the fabric)

I will post the photos when everything is done. I am almost done with my oldest daughters room (sneak peak)

and am excited to get photos of it and post those. So, happy Monday K