Happy Halloween

We had a blast walking through the 'hood trick-or-treating and later eating chili with friends. Here are some photos. The jack-o-lanterns are Brett's(left) and mine(right).

Farewell Friend

As you all know this year I started a garden for the first time. Little did I know it would turn out so successful. There were a few things that failed like the potatoes and one or two pepper and tomato plants but most held strong to the end. Speaking of end, the weatherman is predicting our first freeze tomorrow and Wednesday morning so it would seem unavoidable that I will get much more from my garden. With the promise of frost I tore apart my garden trying to salvage what I could. The picture at the bottom left is what I was able to get. The whole summer I was planning on posting about my garden but never got around to it. I took the upper picture last week and as you can see the set up was pretty massive. I just wasn't thinking of spacing when we purchased all those plants. Next year I hope to expand and add more types of vegetables. I hope to jar and freeze more for the winter as I haven't prepared this year like I should have. As you can see I do have some extras I need to deal with so if anyone needs me I will be busy in my kitchen making pesto, tomato sauce, and fried green tomatoes amongst other things.

Welcome Fall

Although fall technically started a month ago, it officially started here in MidTN last week. Despite some allergies and colds, we are welcoming it with open arms. We kicked off the season with a visit to the Nashville Zoo's Ghouls at Grassmere. Basically they put the animals away and decorate certain areas of the zoo for halloween by adding a bouncy house, a maze, a hayride, a game tent, and a trick or treat trail. We arrived within an hour before close so we didn't get to use our hayride tickets and we had to rush through all the activities to get to the treats trail. If we go next year we will definitely arrive earlier.