hay rides + caramel apples + hot apple cider + homemade cider donuts {ah, heaven.} + feeding furry friends + running through a hedge maze + we walked up and down rows of apple trees, picking as we pleased = the most splendid afternoon at the orchard!
…it was about thirty minutes out of our way,
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we look forward to halloween big time around here. i go into costume-planning-frenzy at least two months before. the decorations go up in september, we usually have a big festive party.
and. i just love this *time of year. while halloween plans are underway, i’m scouring magazines for the latest-greatest thanksgiving dinner recipes + i’ve started christmas shopping. it’s like holidays on crack in my mind, and i kinda live for times like this.
so. with all that said, there was no way we were going to miss the annual october festivities in salem, massachusetts.
known for the famous witch trials, the town lives it up this time of year. total tourist trap, mixed with history.
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we are thoroughly enjoying autumn in the northeast, it’s like this was the birthplace of fall.
there is a town near us – stowe, vermont, that is known as a tourist destination this time of year – just to go view the foliage.
seriously – like going to hawaii for the sun & beach, you go to stowe to see orange leaves, people! amazing.
i’m not sure if we’ll make it to stowe this year, but our own front yard is putting on quite the show right now…
when i sit on our front porch, i just watch one leaf after another tumble to the ground. it’s beautiful – relaxing.
in the spirit of fall,
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we’re slowly making our way all-the-way-around-fenway-park.
fenway is so unique, did you know:
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no lie! this might be one of the most beautiful places, on earth.
“elm bank reservation”
thank you google maps for this aerial view
{used my little ‘screen shot’ feature on my mac for this, so don’t judge the photo quality!} —
last week kj started lacrosse & flag football; myla started lacrosse & field hockey all through a local kids club.
the classes are taught at ‘elm bank reservation.’
…our first day, we pulled in, crossed a truly magical bridge, and literally my heart did a little skip.
we made the slow drive around the reservation,
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is the author of the big nate comic strip & book series.
KJ, my not-such-a-fan-of-reading-son, loves the big nate series.
so. when i found out that our local library has an UH-MAZ-ING line-up of visiting authors…
AND, that lincoln peirce was coming…
we had to be there!
lincoln spoke to the kids/parents for an hour – he gave drawing demonstrations and chatted about how & why he got started in doing comics.
the best part: i was just as entertained as kj was – lincoln was so funny & inspiring.
the even better part: right in the middle of lincoln’s presentation, kj leaned over & told me,
“mom,
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