Here is a quick fall update....
Early in the fall I tried pruning our pear tree again. Last year I pruned is severely and it didn't produce fruit, but we are hoping for some next year. I was a little more kind to the tree this time. :) Amelia had a bast helping by getting all the fallen branches that were stuck up in the tree.
For the first time ever, with the help of Jeanne, we hosted a book club. I choose the book "Swimming to Antarctica." I loved the book and thought it was very inspiring. It is about an open water simmer who ultimately swam to antarctic. I really enjoyed how she described her experiences and how she kept herself on track when things were difficult. I recommend it, however I am not sure it was a favorite of the group, so read at your own risk :)
Jeanne and I had fun decorating and doing food for the night. Jeanne made a cool watermelon boat. The boats were critical to the swimmers success. I made some fishy cracker sea things.
I am not sure when this picture was taken but it is cute.
We are getting rid of these trees in our yard, they were a nice idea, but I don't like their location, and we don't have any other location. Do you want them? One pear and one plum.
Another cute pic :)
We joined my sister this year at an Apple Farm to pick out pumpkins and to tour their apple orchard. They let you come in and see how they pack the apples, make cider, and apple pies. They have a brand new facility with a little cafe that we enjoyed very much as it sprinkled some of the time. They had a place where you could taste test some 10+ apples. One was pink in the middle and another they side had a lemon taste, and another that was pear like.
Pumpkin carving! John joined us and we all had fun this year! But Daniel can't wait to use the cutters all by himself next year :)
This is Amelia's pumpkin. It is, in her words, a princess dog with a party hat. I love it! :)
