Fall Colors

The weather is getting colder, the icy winds are getting stronger, and the leaves are turning vibrant shades of red and yellow.   The girls are getting used to wearing their heavy coats again, and always relish an opportunity to try out their new umbrellas on a rainy day.   Already we’ve had two bouts of hail, and even occasional funnel clouds in neighboring counties. 

 

The girls love to watch the squirrels in our backyard scamper around, gathering food for winter.  We leave apple cores and other treats for them sometimes, and it drives Rebel to distraction watching them chatter and scold at him, safely beyond his reach through the window.  It’s become next to impossible not to track pine needles into the house from our neighbor’s tree.  Occasionally one of us will find a stray one in the carpet that pokes through our socks, but thankfully they’re easy to vacuum up.