Why Is It...

Why is it that everyone is so bummed out about the fact that Labor Day Weekend has now passed us by and that summer is officially over?????

 I LOVE Fall. It is my most FAVORITE season of the entire year!!

I love the cooler nights and warm, sunny days and the colors of the leaves here are just gorgeous in the North Country. I actually look forward to the kids going back to school, and the number of campers is significantly reduced! There's an RV Resort at the end of my road.   The Resort opened several years ago and it is VERY busy!! It used to be that I could walk the dogs and not even see a car. Now, I am quite lucky not to get run off the road or run over by a HUGE RV. Now, I don't have anything against RV's of course because we have one...but. I do believe that pedestrians have the right of way??

Even when I am riding my scooter, I have had to pull OFF the road to get out of the way to avoid being struck by one of those monsters!! 

Now ... let me just explaiin to you...that all of the pics above are what our area in Northern NY NORMALLY looks like...but this year it is very different!  *We are only about 30 miles away from Canada!

Do you see how GREEN everything is???  It was 80 outside today!!  In fact it is supposed to be close to that for the next week or so!  

I am in packing mode...trying to get ready to head back home.  This was a very strange summer.  It was also very short as we didn't actually open this place until July 4th weekend!

I am going to enjoy my FALL solitude...every single minute of it!!

Let the snowbirds head south!!

Fall's Colors!

We do not have our "usual" brilliant fall colors this year!  Unfortunately,  it has been WAY too hot and too dry for the bright colors to appear.

So, I have a few I will show you of the walk we took today...just around our yard.

Happy Friday Everyone!

BlogPawsWW: The Gratitude Edition

Live your life so that the fear of death can never enter your heart. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light. Give thanks for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. And if perchance you see no reason for giving thanks, rest assured the fault is in yourself.

Chief Tecumseh, Shawnee Indian Chief

 

Black and White Fall Perspective

We are joining Sugar and Dachshund Nola for Black and White Sunday!

Not Quite What I Had Planned...

It was supposed to be a beautiful afternoon with temps in the high 70's...pretty much unheard of around here in mid-October.  I decided it would be perfect for a fall photo shoot.

The girls were thrilled to get out and run to their heart's content.

They did not want anything to do with my photo shoot.

So...I give you the aftermath of what I was able to take today.

We will have to give it another try ... Preferably with an entire pocket full of treats!

Enjoy your day!!

Bichons Celebrating Autumn!

We all know that autumn has arrived...although with temps climbing close to EIGHTY...it does seem a little strange!

It seems we talk about this every single year and every year it gets earlier...the Christmas decorations are out already!!  

The Halloween candy is mixed in with Santa stuff and tree ornaments.

It just seems so wrong.

Retailers need to get the message that we should celebrate ONE holiday at a time...

Don't you agree??

BlogPaws Wordless Wednesday: Just Like That...It's Fall!

Just Another Manic Monday...

The girls are excited as we are planning a quick RV Trip...just for a couple of days but we are running around like maniacs getting things ready!  I still have not unpacked all the cottage stuff yet, but I had a ton of laundry to do to get ready for this trip.  It seems there is always laundry!   We have to inform the housesitter of what is expected while we are gone and just generally get things ready and packed to go!

We enjoyed an Edible Arrangements fruit tray this weekend to celebrate National Smile Day...so good!

The girls were not happy when we left to go and visit the cider mills...which we like to do each fall.  This particular cider mill sells CHERRY / Apple Cider.  I don't know why more don't sell it...it is so much better than the regular kind of apple cider!!

We had not been back to this particular mill in years!!!  I actually ran in to one of my old neighbors that I had not seen in 25 years!  That sure was a pleasant surprise!!

And one last Autumn photo of pumpkins...sitting outside the cider mill!  I took more pictures which I will share on another day!  Happy Monday all!!

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I Just Don't Get It...

Why is it that everyone is so bummed out about the fact that it is Labor Day Weekend and that summer is officially over?????

 I LOVE Fall. It is my most FAVORITE season of the entire year!!

I love the cooler nights and warm, sunny days and the colors of the leaves here are just gorgeous in the North Country. I actually look forward to the kids going back to school, and the number of campers is significantly reduced! There's an RV Resort at the end of my road.   The Resort opened several years ago and it is VERY busy!! It used to be that I could walk the dogs and not even see a car. Now, I am quite lucky not to get run off the road or run over by a HUGE RV. Now, I don't have anything against RV's of course because we have one...but. I do believe that pedestrians have the right of way??

Even when I am riding my scooter, I have had to pull OFF the road to get out of the way to avoid being struck by one of those monsters!! 

I am going to enjoy my FALL solitude...every single minute of it!!

Let the snowbirds head back to Florida!!