Orange, Orange, Orange

...leaves, pumpkins, Toby, six aisles at Walmart...

Jack-O-Lantern time.

Eagles' green, too.

And black...Aidan's 2014 Halloween carving.

One of John's work friends and his family, and another couple and their daughter from Tucson (yes, Tucson!) who moved here about the same time as Wendy and John's move, were invited to come for a Sunday afternoon visit. Between them, there were four very young kids. The couples were especially congenial and, of course, everybody was very active with so much youth running around. After the tour around the place and plenty of visiting, the boys played a couple songs they are practicing for the  gig next Saturday at Pretzel Park.

After company left Aidan exclaimed, "The kids are a lot of work, and the parents have them every day!"

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We don't know what Jasmine, the chief nanny, ate that has suddenly upset her digestion. Wendy is worried about her and tending her well. She pulled all the pasture animals into the barn today since it was mostly blustery rain outdoors. Jasmine shows a slight improvement, but is still off her feed. No large indicators to what ails her. There were no obvious changes going on.

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The lady bugs returned a couple of days ago. There are hundreds. They like the Southwest corner of the house.

Aidan set the ones in his jar loose on an aphid ridden plant. The lady bugs went right to work on them.

Toby has been seen in the adjoining woods eating a bird he caught. He still likes his food up on the porch and opens the screen door himself to greet me every morning even though most mornings it is too cold now for me to stay out there and have my coffee.

Fog appears at daybreak fairly frequently.

Summer's last gasp.

Mighty Frezz is there to greet me in his orange and black.
Note mangled screen on door. Frezz, Fancy and Toby let themselves in and out. Sebastian refuses because he hates having the door banging on his thin-skinned little body.

My orange buddy.

Having easy access to outdoors and the ability to walk around the acreage at will is one of the most satisfying things that I do. It is beyond dust fuzzies.