It's Coming

The signs of fall are starting to pop up everywhere.

The dry summer has stressed the sugar maples, so they're already turning orange and yellow.

The kids are overly excited about falling leaves, and are desperately trying to make piles big enough to jump in. I think they forget how many leaves will fall over the next month :).

The jars of good stuff are starting to add up. My friend Heidi and I spent 10 blissful hours last Saturday making and preserving spaghetti and pizza sauce from the tomatoes in our gardens. Spouse free, kid free, dog free time. Just the two of us harmoniously making a giant, tomatoey mess and filling lots of jars.

At the same time, Eric and the boys were picking the last of the fall raspberries. So we made many, many jars of raspberry jam the next day.

(Really, it's all we need to live...just a stockpile of raspberry jam, spaghetti sauce, and a few spoons.)

One trip to the apple orchard, and we won't be able to deny it any longer...fall is definitely coming.