Christmas photo shooting

It's that time of year again.

Pumpkin shopping

Warm fall days

American toad...we found him in the rain barrel when we drained it for storage.

Bowling with the cabbages that got neglected when we were gone for so long.

Mums on the front porch

Science in the yard

Iris in the yard

Fall biking

At Hudson Mills 

Swinging back

Being back stateside is wasn't all it was cracked up to be, but, really, is that at all surprising?

We're reentering our daily routine, but there's laundry to do first, and dogs to reassure. Iris has learned how to get on the furniture while we were gone, but she's trying so hard to behave. 

Last week we jumped right into things with a sale at the library, the first day of classes at our homeschooling group, the fall festival in our little village, and a home football game. These are all things that we love about our home, so they were welcome diversions, keeping us from pining for vacation.

And fall is my favorite season.