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Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3... I can post from my phone?!

leaves, before and after

Pretty on the trees.
But they don't stay there.
They fall.
They blow around.
They settle in a carpet over your driveway. Your lawn.

The leaf blowers have been buzzing for weeks at our neighbor's houses. But our house was silent. Until one day, the quiet, primitive sound of a rake, long forgotten by the residents of this leafy state, could be heard on the yard of 32 Crane Neck.

Before:
After:
Before:
After:
The old fashioned way. With a rake. Thank you very much.

changing seasons, changing light

November has just flown by! I've watched the leaves turn and fall as the temperatures drop and the days grow shorter. It's been wonderful, watching the constantly changing landscape of our new home. I'm afraid posting these all in succession takes away from the drama of the scene . . . but I'm not the most prompt of bloggers . . . and they bring us nicely from October into late November. Winter is upon us!

around here . . .

We fill our time with pursuing greatness, thinking deep thoughts, and pondering the meaning of life.

These pictures I pulled off Matt's phone pretty much sum up our days.

Catching some wind with a big tarp.

And the rest are some weird pictures of Moose:

Cat Patrol
Ears Back

Mushmouth begging for food off Matt

The Destroyer

At the time of this picture, Moose had already ripped the tiger head off its rope. Now, 4 days later, the head is but a tattered remnant of its former self and I have removed buckets of fluff from the living room.

the murray experience

Sorry, it's been a little while, but most of the leaves have fallen into a heap all over our yard so the photographs have been less frequent. But I do have a few I should put up soon. In the meantime, enjoy some from the pros.

In late October, a photojournalism workshop was held in the infamous Murray, Kentucky, home of the Yezerskis. They profiled some interesting citizens of Murray, many of whom Matt knows personally or at least knows of.

Check it out.

It's a real treat. Makes you wish for/appreciate the small town life, whatever your case may be.

addendum

Matt and Moose have requested that I clarify that Moose was not actually a bumblebee for Halloween. That was a yellow jacket costume. He was not flitting from flower to flower, but stinging viciously anything that moved.

happy halloween!

Our church did a Trunk or Treat event on Halloween where people decorated their trunks with themes and passed out candy in the parking lot. Our small group pulled one together and we brought Moosey along in his manly Halloween costume.

He was a bumble bee.

His friend Charlie was a chicken.

And our trunk - with a couple DDR mats and some spinning lights.

Moose did a great job! He was very friendly to the other kids and polite to the other dogs. There was one almost-incident when a unicycle came by . . . (Moose is afraid of wheels) . . . but Matt rushed him away and everything was fine and dandy. Happy Halloween!