Fall in our house means poetry, football, pumpkins, and a delivery of wood for the winter (which this year came with its own toad). This week was also for playing in the park, diagraming spiders, and the first swim lesson without a parent in the water, too.
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Michigan Marching Band practice on Friday night followed by a beautiful tailgate on Saturday (with our band dedicatee); It's easy to love fall when there are blue skies overhead and orange mushrooms on the ground; Painting, journaling, and practicing—it's all in a week's joy.
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246-248—playing in Chicago with Curtis and Julie; 249—tomato hornworm eating our tomatoes; 250—sleepy dog in the sunshine; 251—bumblebee in the sedum, must be fall; 252—fun time at the park.
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239—the master painter working in the garage where paint spills don't matter; 240—bubbles after working hard in the garden all day; 241—three new trees planted in the back yard! 242—bubbles in a late summer sun; 243—our butterflies eclosed early in the morning; 244—one final day of splashing at Independence Lake; 245—splashing in our own pool between the rain showers.
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225, Friday night at Dexter Daze; The rest of the week was spent up north on Walloon Lake where we enjoyed good weather, fun with family, time on a friend's farm, and meeting the newest member of our extended family.
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