My yard

This part of my yard still has leaves on the trees.

Nobody ever plays on the tire swing anymore. And my youngest didn't trick or treat this year. I'm going to go cry now.

Bumblebee Baxter

It's Halloween tomorrow, and you know what that means...I dress Baxter up and humiliate him! Woot! Woot! Here's how it went down this year.

"Get it off! Get it off!"

"Why do you do this to me? Why? Why?" (insert Nancy Kerrigan whine)

"Ok, I'll wear it. But I will. not. look. at. you."

"Fine. Happy?"

Lewiston without Libbey Mill

You got a problem?

Autumn Wreath

Ferris Wheel

Geese

Goose head:

Goose butt:

Sheep at Fryeburg Fair

My husband and I think this sheep looks like he's in the KKK.

Cranberries

A display/demonstration at an agricultural fair.

Hey, goat

Hey, goat. Say hi to your mother for me.

Silo

Cows

What can I say? I like cows.

Autumn Construction Worker

Seen on the side of the road in a construction area.

Autumn River

Autumn meadow

A closer view of the field I posted earlier this week.

Pumpkins

When I went to buy pumpkins this year I mentioned to the lady selling them that I'd heard it was a bad year for pumpkins, and she said, "Shhh...not in front of the pumpkins."

Red Barns

Three red barns:

Cows and Goats

No mad cows today...serene cows:

More Mad Cow

More mad cow:

Mad cow actually put on a whole show for my husband and me:

Mad Cow

Everyone's a comedian.

Down the Road

This is why I don't leave the state of Maine in October.

Living in harmony

Autumn Scenes

West Paris, Maine:

How do you like them apples?

I went leaf peeping today and took approximately 2,397,438,649,843 photos, but I'm too tired to edit any tonight, so I'm posting some more apple photos.


Before I picked them off the tree and popped them in a basket:

Yarn Stash

Just a small portion of my yarn stash.

Colored Glass Bottles

My dollar-a-piece autumn decorations from the Christmas Tree Shop.
Whoops, I forgot to take the sticker off the big one.

Apples in a Basket

Dempsey Challenge

My husband participated in the Dempsey Challenge this morning, a bike ride/5K run to raise money for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing Dempsey Center . 3500 participants raised over a million dollars. My husband raised over $1100. Yay for Chris!





It was so congested I couldn't get anywhere near the start line, where I might have caught a glimpse of Patrick Dempsey, but I was there to support my very own McDreamy:
That was gross, huh? I think I made myself sick.

Just a little side note/story: Dempsey grew up and attended several schools in this part of Maine, and I have several friends who went to school with him at some point or another. I've never met him, but one day a teacher at my kids' school said to me, "So you dated Patrick Dempsey, huh?" She had me confused with one of the other mothers. I told her no, but feel free to spread that rumor as much as she liked.