Fall colors (along the driveway)

We had our first freeze last week, and temps during the day this past Sunday barely got much warmer - so our family afternoon walk only lasted down the driveway and back! But it sure is pretty around here this time of year. Beautiful views wherever you look. No wonder people drive out to western North Carolina in autumn.

Jim and I are reminding each other to enjoy the season because we have to move out of this rental house in January, so our days at this much loved spot (quiet house but only blocks from town) are coming to an end. Wherever we live next will certainly require an adjustment in our daily routines and patterns, notably: more driving and less walking to places. Ugh. I think it will be location #14 in our 16 years of marriage [if I count the 2 summers when we worked at camps (since we fully moved out of our home to go there) but not counting the 3 times we lived with family or friends for 3-6 weeks]. Phew!! We starting to do some sorting and early packing already.

Micro-sneak peek at family pics... we attempted the self-timer in the same spot as last year. You'll have to wait and see if the full family photo makes it to a Christmas card.

Of course the boys didn't mind the cold much and were very happy finding black walnuts to gather and throw and smash.