Fall is my absolute favorite time of year, and I tend to try and spend as much time outside as I can. I am constantly saying to the girls, "This might be your last chance to get outside to ______ before the snow flies..." And they get sick of it, but really, in Alberta, one never knows when the snow will come.
We're had an extremely wet fall, and the mosquitoes are very bad - worse than they've been in the last 2 years, I'd say, so I am looking forward to a good, hard frost to kill those bad boys off!
We've got started on school, and it's nice to get into the routine of the year. When we get our new school books every year, it's like Christmas! Everyone excitedly opens the boxes, and then they scatter, each with a new book (or 6!) to read.
I love that our schooling takes place around the kitchen table. It feels cozy (and sometimes cramped!), but it's great for me, because I can also get work done in the kitchen while the girls whittle away at their school work.
We've had a few fires this year, and after a late night, all the girls fell asleep on the lawn by the fire.... that is, until the dogs came along....
We've gotten out for numerous rides on horse....
....and on quads. Both are so enjoyable!
My pumpkins are taking over my garden...
....and I can't stop taking pictures of the leaves changing on the trees
The other day, we joined our neighbors to get out on quads to some of their pasture land. After a climb up a little hill, the view was outstanding. You could see for miles and miles, and the leaves were all changing to delicious shades of red, yellow and orange. Pictures don't begin to do it justice!
There's also an old barn that we poked around....
I love how the wood has weathered so differently from one side of the barn to the other.
Happy Fall, y'all!
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