Fall leaves bring joy...

 

What is it about fall leaves?

The colored confetti falling from the sky, the earthy smell,

the crunch, raking into piles, cool days.

 When I was a girl, my dad and I used to rake piles of leaves and then burn them in the back alley.  It was a graveled road type of back alley.  I loved the smell of the burning leaves and Dad's pipe.  

You can't do that nowadays.  

Dad had a "magic spell" he used to say when he did his disappearing tricks for us.  

It reminds me of fall.

Hocus pokus

Jiminy okus

tin cans in the back alley

Poof!

(I wonder where the "tin cans in the back alley" part came from?)

 

The Littles love to rake up piles of leaves and jump in,

  

or throw them in the air and let them fall again.

Look at the moss roses.  They're getting their second wind!

For the record:

We pregnancy tested 342 head of cows today and weaning the calves.

Two Sons came home to help out.
We are expecting 5 sets of twins out of the cows.

It's 84 degrees.

I've been in the kitchen fixing the lunch which is:

 Roast Beef & Gravy

Baked garden potatoes

Garden carrots and Tomatoes

Grape Salad

Homemade buns

Pumpkin Something for dessert (like pie)

Happy Fall!