How could I forget how beautiful it is up here in the Fall?

These past couple of days have been absolutely gorgeous up here and I just happened to have my camera with me! I couldn't resist taking pictures. And - It gave me practice with "cutting and pasting." I never seem to be able to post pictures in the correct order. But - Some still seem dark. I need to learn how to fix that

Sunday, the day before yesterday, as we were driving out of Woods Edge for church, the fog was lifting from the valley and I got this picture. The colors weren't fully out, and we expected it to take another week.



The weather fooled us yesterday- and our area was perfectly gorgeous - lots more color. We had a fun day, even though it started out a bit worrisome: We found a deer tick attached to Gracie Sunday night.

Paul tried to get it off with tweezers, but part of it wouldn't cooperate. We made an appointment with our vet in Watkins Glen on Monday morning, and took her. The technician completed it. All was okay, but we need to get a blood test in a month to see if she develops lyme disease.

It was Columbus day - and such a beautiful day, we stopped and had a cup of coffee outside at a main street cafe and people-watched. Then we went down to the lake and walked the length of the boardwalk. Lots of tourists. We noticed something interesting about Gracie. She walks well on a leash, if she walks between us. It must give her confidence. She charmed lots of people.

The next two pictures show our Fall decorations.





The next two pictures: On Saturday, Montour had their Fall Festival. They've been known to have serious weather problems (I've experienced rain, above 90 degree weather) - but they lucked out this year, and we took Gracie for a walk down through main street.

I didn't know The little girl looking at the pumpkins, but she added nice color (with the purple balloon). In the other picture, if you look closely, you can see The Falls in the background.




Saturday night, grandson, Lee, had his 16th birthday party - he invited his whole class. He even had fireworks! We were going to go to it, but unfortunately, Paul had the kolliwobbles and we didn't make it. (He's feeling fine now.) That afternoon, we did drop off an outdoor game Lee wanted for the party, and his present.

Yesterday was Columbus day, so after we finished in Watkins, we dropped Gracie off at home, and went on exploring. We decided to have lunch at Glenora - outside on the deck overlooking Seneca Lake. The place was quite full, but we did get a table, and had a sandwich, with a glass of chardonnay.

Our picture is dark, but in the background, you can see how beautiful the day was. Actually, it didn't show the bright emerald green the grass was. Paul says the light green color comes from new grass coming from the combination of the morning dew and the warm days and cool nights.




The next picture shows a nursery we stopped at. We got a Burning Bush and the two big yellow chysanthemums plants that you can see in the first pictures of our front porch.



The last three pictures were taken as we rode through the hills near Seneca Lake. My brain had missed the "beautiful before time" of Indian Summer. That's what's here now. I'm glad we're not missing this.





So how the heck are things goin' in your neck o' the woods?