Happy Autumn!!!

"Spring is the morning of the year,
And summer is the noontide bright,
The autumn is the evening clear,
That comes before the winter's night."
~Frank Dempster Sherman

The season has finally changed and it has rained so much lately that the
grass is a brighter, happier green than it was for a lot of the summer.
The giant maple trees that flank our driveway have turned to a brilliant,
golden orange and there are leaves everywhere. This morning there was an
amazingly beautiful amount of fog that was enough to be worthy of Ireland
itself. Our garden is almost too cold to grow anything, but the apples
will soon be ripe. The other day we had to use our fireplace for the
first time this season and the house had a wonderful, cozy feel. This is
an old house, though, so the cozy feel was only in a few rooms. In the
other rooms you have to wear a wonderful sweater. It is the perfect time
for devouring books and Mom read a few chapters to us yesterday while we
snapped a bounty of green beans. (I got to blanch those the other day).
She is also reading an older kid book to Aimee, Paul, and I so the
evenings are filled with reading and projects--a lovely mixture.
I suppose you already know that this is my favorite season, so I think
the only improvement would be if we had managed to grow some pumpkins.