Fall in Full Bloom!

Yesterday Loki took some pictures in the yard of the gorgeous changing leaves. We'll be moving from this house in the spring, and we're all going to miss the sumac trees turning red, and the wonderful oak tree we like to give libations too. :)

The sumac off of the porch is at it's highest point of red. Don't worry, it's the non-poisonous variety. It will begin to shed it's leaves in the next week, and will be no more. The next one is the changing leaves on the old oak tree.

The one below is our neighbor's tree. He loved how bright it was.

The sumac that turns red, usually does so about 2 weeks into October. This year, it started to change the last week of September! Either we're going to have a big winter, as opposed to the last 4 years, or we're going to have our first snow before the traditional Halloween night. Our personal guess, is an earlier snow, but it's Colorado... You can't quite guess the weather here to save your life.

Yesterday, we spent several hours at the library. Pixie is a volunteer there, and works twice a week for about 6 hours total. We picked her up, went in side, and hung out for a few more.. Of course we came home with 2 bags of stuff. Loki loves Bill Nye, so we pick up his DVD's a lot, as well as movies, and documentaries. Pixie picked up Wuthering Heights (the one with Ralph Finnes - meow!) and hopefully will be inspired to read the book. Also, she found the original 1968 version of The Producers.

So, I found a book -- 365 Nature Crafts & Activities by Karen Bledsoe

I'll keep track of what the kids do, and post them here. We love this time of year, and try to cram in a lot of outdoor activities before the weather makes us stay inside more often.