wind, leaves, cider & pumpkin cake

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things...

I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run

against the wind.

-Leo Buscaglia

Well, I'm finally back! The kids are back in school, and we've gotten through our usual first bout of sickness that always happens this time of year. We are slowly getting back into the swing of things, and while the kids do like going to school I still have a pit in my stomach every day I walk down the steps from the courtyard (see photo) without a little hand to hold. On a typical day I stop at the grocery store and then head home with a pit stop at my husband's 94 year-old grandma's house to run in her morning paper. I then go home and clean like a maniac or do what I can for my husband's work until 11:00 when it's time to pick up our daughter from kindergarten. On Thursdays I try to treat myself to an hour in the local thrift shop or some lounge time in the library. And then all of a sudden it's Friday and time to savor the precious weekend with my precious people!

After school tomorrow we are going to celebrate the first day of Fall with some pumpkin cake and cider in our little cabin in the woods. A fine dinner, don't you agree? :)