GOODBYE SUMMER

I know, I know… according to the calendar it is not Fall yet, but Summer is basically over.

Everyone is getting one last weekend at the pools and water parks before they close for the year.

All of our schools are back in session. For the kids in our neighborhood, summer ended last week.

Honestly, I’m not sad to see it go.

It has been one very hot and long summer.

I can’t wait for the temps to drop and the leaves to change color.

This week I get start the process of putting up my Fall decorations.

I’m ready for the crisp cool air and the pumpkin spice candles.

Fall is my favorite season and it can’t get here fast enough.

You Capture: Fall

This was an easy You Capture.

Fall is my favorite time of the year.

I love when the leaves change color.

NaNoWriMo Update:

Day # 10
Words Written-14,354
Words Remaining- 35,646

I'm just a little bit behind today. I guess that means I'd better go write.

You Capture: Fall, Family, Fresh

It's been awhile since I participated in You Capture, but I'm hoping to make a comeback.

Given the amount of time we had to work on this assignment, I'm a little embarrassed by how little I have to show for it.

I pulled these off of my phone earlier today.

 

I don't have any pictures for family, just fall and fresh.

The rest of these pictures are ones that I have already posted before, but I'm going to post them again because they were taken after the theme was assigned.

I threw that last one in there because for me, the fall also means that it is time to start planning for NaNoWriMo.

That's exactly what I have been trying to do this week, which might be a reason for the lack of any new pictures.

Fall

My camera might be causing me problems, but I can still take pictures with my new iPhone. Plus there are a lot of fun editing options that I can use right on my phone.

I don't know when it happened, but all of a sudden fall weather is here. It's cold in my house.

My husband actually mentioned turning on the heat yesterday. I am NOT ready for that.

I'm hoping we can hold off at least till November.

Then, I'll be too busy writing for NaNoWriMo that I won't care about the weather as much.

Thursday

This is my tree now.

It finally lost all it's leaves earlier this week. I just haven't been able to take the time to get a picture.

I'm sad because I don't want fall to end. Our tree is always the first on our street to change and then lose it's leaves, so the good news is that I still have all the other trees to look at.

Still, I can't help but feel that before we know it we'll be getting out our winter coats and shoveling snow off the driveway.

My Tree

I love the tree in our front yard.

I love it for a variety of reasons, but my favorite thing is how pretty it gets in the fall.

It changes everyday and I have been trying to get plenty of pictures.

I haven't taken a photo for a couple days, and right now the tree is bright red all over. I know it won't be too long before all of the leaves have fallen off. I'm hoping it will last at least another week.

Apples

 

A week ago, I went to an orchard with my sister-in-law to pick apples.

I had never done anything like that before and I was surprised at how much fun it was.

We got to use this picker tool and I was pretty good at it.

The orchard we were at was very pretty and apple picking was the perfect activity for a sunny fall day.

FALL

Only 3 months left for 2011.

I love this time of year, it is my favorite.

The cool weather means I can drag out all my warm clothes.

It means I can open all the windows in my house and let the fresh air in.

It also means that the holidays are approaching.

I know that Halloween and Thanksgiving come first, but I have already started thinking about Christmas.

Actually, I think most people have. I can't be the only one.

Now, it's not like I have my tree up or anything. Decorations can wait till after Thanksgiving.

I'm talking about gifts.

I prefer to have most of my shopping done before Thanksgiving so I can miss most of the holiday shopping crowds. I say most, because I don't think you can ever avoid the crowds entirely.

I haven't actually bought any gifts yet. So far I have just been brainstorming and making lists, but I do hope to start in the next week or so.

I find that when I get all of the work out of the way earlier, it frees up my time closer to Christmas so that I can just sit back and enjoy the season and all that comes with it.