City Lights

I've been a very poor blogger lately, partly because I'm just too busy with life to write about it, and partly because I sometimes wonder if a blog falls in the forest.... Anyway, the town side of this blog has had very few mentions as of late, so here goes.
My mum came for a visit at the beginning of the month, and the two of us went to New York for a few days. She'd never been, so it was fun doing a bunch of sightseeing with her. Although most of it was from the top of a double decker bus, which was a tad chilly this time of year. Here she is at the top of the Empire State Building.

New York traffic from our chilly perch atop the bus.

Fall Fun

Two weeks ago, the village got together for the first Fall Fun Fair, which was held at the fairgrounds. There were a number of contests to enter: house decoration, pumpkin carving, chili cook off, and coloring, which apparently Caroline won, but we'd left by the time they gave out the prizes.

The festival brought a little cheer to an otherwise sad month, so it was good to see everyone out enjoying all the activities. The sun even broke through for a bit. We decorated our house, but the result was very low key compared to to some of the other homes in the village. It looks great though, and gets us in the mood for apple picking and bonfires in the back yard....mmm I love fall.