First day of Fall

I'm the one in the family who won't let go of summer, I usually go kicking and screaming my way into fall, but so far "fall" has been good to me with temperatures in the high 90s. :)

The kids and I celebrated the first day of the new season by taking a late afternoon nature walk. They brought along their notepads, pencils, backpacks and binoculars and we identified everything we could. (I really need to buy a field guide, although the What's That Bug? website is pretty helpful.) The kids found so many great things, from a walnut tree, huge brown grasshoppers with red wings, to tiny little clam shells. Some sort of Park Ranger Lady even rode by on her bike and stopped to hear the kids' comprehensive lists, which they loved sharing with her. She ended up answering quite a few of our questions. Please, please, pretty please pose for a picture?

Leave no rock unturned, Henry




There were amazing spider webs to be discovered in the hollowed-out trees

And as for me? Well, I noted the first day of the new season by finally packing up the flip flops that I've worn for approximately the last 120 days, which was kind of a relief, truth be told. Hello fall.