firepit lounging...

breeze blowing...

leaves falling...

coffee drinking...

marshmellow roasting...

holiday music playing...

family snuggling...

all these things are we thankful for...

saturday...

coach sal brought me flowers...

i picked up pumpkin-scented tealight candles...and brach's autumn mix!

love that stuff, especially the tiny pumpkins. they are so cute i can't help but eat them.

how are you spending this autumn day?...

autumn is in the air...

being serenaded with guitar accompaniment by the glow of a warm fire as we eat melted marshmellow-chocolaty s'mores...

actually, the bugs were biting, the weather was warm, we ate way too many burnt marshmellow messes as we avoided the wind-blown fire and listened to 80's rock songs from the talent of our teenage boys...but we loved every minute together.

the first day...

i do so wish the leaves looked like this, and that the weather was cooler...

if i have to go back to school, it shouldn't feel like summer.

my kindergartners painted green leaves yellow, orange, and red today and made leaf prints in honor of the season.

welcome back, autumn. hope to *see* you soon.

POTW...on the road...

(Sorry it took me all week, blogger wouldn't let me on!)

This is camp...upstate South Carolina. My brother and his wife and coach sal and I went for staff retreat (we're on summer camp staff). One thing that I love about camp is how different it looks in November compared to June! I love the rich autumn colors, something we never see here on the coast.

These are from my new camera, a Canon A590- nothing fancy, just a small, portable P&S. And these photos are straight from the camera, no tweeking...although there are a few I'd like to manipulate the color on and increase saturation. But I think my Canon did pretty well!

And the one of the four of us? ONE shot. I held out the camera and said SMILE! Not bad.