Fall Is In The Air

One of the great things I like about living in the Boise area even though it is sad for the summer to end is the wonderful fall colors we get when the trees turn. It seems like one day it is green and then we have a couple of cold or cooler days and nights and all of a sudden we get trees that look like they are on fire. Just over the last couple of days quite a few of the trees in our neighborhood have started to turn colors. Here are a few pictures of what it looks like around here.



This is a picture of one of the entrances to our neighborhood.



This is a picture of looking down one of the streets. What is neat about this picture is the glimpse of the mountains in the background, which last weekends sudden snow had the whole mountain covered in white.



This last weekend we started our Halloween decorating and it is always fun to see the faces of people going down the street when they see our house and yard. What is more fun is to see how kids and adults react to the final project which includes fog and bodypart candy on Halloween night. Be on the lookout within the next couple of weeks for the great pictures.

Going Batty

A little over a week ago we were doing our weekly yard work by mowing the lawn and edging. It is my job to do the edging around the yard and fences. When I was almost done and edging along a fence by the front gate I saw something furry and I thought I had gotten it with the weedeater. The problem was I didn't know what it was and I couldn't see under the other side of the fence since there was grass growing up against the fence. After many times of trying to find it from the other side I asked Chris if he would stand where the fur was and I would go pull the grass back on the other side. As I pulled the grass back a bat wing popped out of the side of the fence that Chris was standing on. Thinking that I might have hurt it with the weedeater I called Animals In Distress and left a message. Before they could get back to me I went back outside with a flashlight since it was getting dark and found out that it was gone. The next day when talking to our neighbor boy he said that just as it got dark he and his friends saw it fly off. This is just the experience to have right before Halloween. With that thought just remember that Halloween is just around the corner and who has the best dressed yard around. Maybe by then I will be able to post some pictures.