Welcome, autumn! After a fun but busy and sometimes too hot summer I’m appreciating the crisp fall days here on our hilltop in Vermont. It’s a great time to write. Yes, it continues to be a long stretch between getting stories out to readers, but I’m on the case. I love to write now as much as I did when I climbed a tree with pad and pen at age eleven. Fall definitely was a favorite time for tree-climbing! I’d sit up on my favorite branch in a sugar maple and write away. I don’t do that anymore, ha.

This photo is of our garden before the flowers started to fade:

I never seem to get around to doing a display of gourds but look at these at our local farmstand!

Joe, my sister and I met for lunch at fabulous Pickity Place in southern New Hampshire. Their fall decor is always such a treat.

With the trees changing color, leaf-peepers are starting to arrive. Traffic can be an issue in certain areas but mostly it’s a joy to see people out having a great time. I hope wherever you are you’re enjoying the season!