Nothing gold can stay...

Come back weekend, you were fun...

This weekend I:

*Enjoyed a lot of cheap but delicious Trader Joe's red wine, TV, and a yummy spiced candle

*Treated my parents to the Chicago culinary experience- Hot Doug's for lunch and Sweet Mandy B's for dinner

*Watched the Notre Dame game at a really fun Notre Dame bar

*Spent Saturday evening with good friends, good drinks, and good conversation

*Finished my Halloween decorating (spiderwebs with little orange spiders in the bushes, check)

*Went for a autumn afternoon walk

My camera and I went for a walk on Sunday afternoon and I held my own Halloween decoration contest around my neighborhood. Here are some of the highlights.

"Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold,

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay."

-Robert Frost

A leafy path.

Oh so mum-my.

Garden with ghouls.

Follow the pumpkins home.

No decorations, but I love this old house. Could be haunted, no?

Lovely ghoul.

A small witch accident.

Enter at your own risk.

And the best for last...

Arachnophobia!

Falling for you

Hello October, love. As if you didn't already know, I just wanted to share a few things that are wonderful about you. Oh, you're blushing? That must be why my maple tree leaves are turning such beautiful shades of golden orange and red.

A slight chill in the air.

Crunching leaves.

Warm drinks.

Golden sunlight in the trees.

Boots and sweaters.

Scarves.

Fall vegetables.

Pumpkins.

Spooky nights.

Old movies and a cozy throw.

Caramel apples.

Halloween.

Football.

The crisp smell of leaves, the earth, and an incoming cold front.

Soup on the stove.

A morning run through the still leaves.

Flickering spiced candles.

Welcome back. Please stay awhile.

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