Autumn Brown

Thanks to Jono for filling up the wood shed so we'll stay warm this winter.

He takes such good care of us!

Autumn Grey {glass beach}

This is Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, CA. 

It used to be a dump (don't we pick great places to put our trash).

So, the sand is full of bits of glass that have been tossed around in the waves for the last how many years.  The glass is all smooth now like pebbles.  You can just search for treasure to your little hearts content.  I could have stayed all day.

The boys liked finding live treasure.  There were fish in this tide pool.

As Joe was climbing around, he left his apple sitting on a rock which this squirrel claimed immediately.

Abby was the only one of us that found any blue glass.  But mostly she was discovering what happened to Anne Frank.

Look at all the great treasures we found!

*note: not all treasure came home with us

We did find some beautiful pieces of glass but I was most excited about these...

Tiny pieces of pottery!  They still have bits of glaze on them.

I can't wait do something with them.

You can check out others' autumn colors in the flickr group HERE.

Autumn Orange {the pumpkin harvest}

I wanted to wait to harvest the pumpkins when we had all the kids there at the same time.

Amazingly, that was hard to do.  My kids aren't that old.  It's not like they are driving themselves places.  We might have to re-evaluate.  I like us together.

They each picked one and carried them over to the hay bales.
Dylan picked the squash because they were easier to carry but it's all squash really.

Yea! That was fun.

Then we played with the camera a little.

This one of Abby...Jono put his sunglasses over the lens of the camera.  She's pretty much amazing in any tint.  I'm allowed to say that, right? She is my daughter.  I can be just as biased as I want.



I love this series of Joe.  He was trying to bury himself with the pumpkins. 

He's such a goofy kid and a lot of fun when he's not trying to be Mr. Tough Guy. 

The last picture is his favorite. 

Of course.



Oh!  One last Autumn Orange...

the holiday truck in Forbestown!

They grew their pumpkins up onto the bed of the truck.

And.  There's a goat.

Love it.

If you missed it the past couple days, here is Autumn Red and Autumn Yellow.

Autumn Yellow

YELLOW

Remember Jono's poem--Yeller Pianer? 

This is our yeller pianer. 

I love the how the angle of light changes in the fall.

We don't get a lot of color changes in the fall because most of the trees up here are evergreens.

These cat-tails around the lake are one of the things that does change.  The boys want to collect all the "corndogs" on top but those buggers are not easy to snap off!

And lastly...my sweet yellow vest that I scored at the thrift store is my new favorite thing for fall!

Autumn Red

This is Autumn Colors Week over at Poppytalk.  They have done other colors in other seasons but I thought I would jump in on this one.  It's just good creative exercise.  Focus in on colors that are happening in your everyday life.

RED

These are all tomatoes out of our garden.  We didn't get any red ones until the very end of August and we are still pulling a few off the vines now.  There has already been one cold snap.  We'll see how many more we get before the rest of the green ones become relish!

This is the Falck House.  It was built in the early 1900s.   It is built on a foundation of redwoods and has watched Woodleaf through all of its changes.  From mining town, to logging company, to camp for high school kids.  Just part of the history here.