Week ending 11-14-21 Fall in Ararat, bonfire, last of the fall colors

 

Monday: The girls put up a tent and played dolls in it all week. We had 70's all week with cool nights. Perfect for working and playing outside.

Kait got a blood blister pinching her finger in the back door.

Seven Halloween candy bags lined up on the counter. I made them all years ago and I love that even the senior still goes trick or treating with us.

Tuesday: Loading up the cut wood and hauling it to the wood pile to stack.

Making a bike trail and jump in the East woods.

Wednesday: With it light earlier in the morning and the trees so beautiful I went for a walk every morning in the woods and couldn't stop taking pictures, it was all so pretty. 

I love having little brooks. They're always running because they're fed by natural springs.

Another bigger spring and stream at the edge of the woods.

All of the following pictures are of fall in Ararat. We went to the bookmobile and park like we do every other Wednesday and had a great time relaxing and riding scooters with no deadlines or time frames. It was 80 degrees so a perfect picnic day.

It was so beautiful in person.

We loved watching the combines. We even saw one parked at the one tiny restaurant in town. A little family operation only opened from 7-2. I was driving so I didn't get a picture. 

The 5 little kids riding their scooters and bikes. Talea is riding on a scooter with Kaitlyn.

Another combine across from the park.

I loved this hill with hay rolls scattered around and a tractor just sitting there. By the time I zoomed in the picture quality wasn't great, but it was still beautiful and so country to me.

The kids coming around the corner on the bike trail.

Makenna

Kait with Tilly, Makenna going down the hill.

Wheee!

Makenna and Andy (waving)

Kait and Andy driving the mower after dumping a load of wood.

Andy hangin out on the slack line trapeze as the sun goes down.

Samuel won the bookmobile guessing contest! He guessed 75 and there were 76 pieces of candy in this bucket. He also won a $10 gift card to Walmart.

Thursday: Up and outside at 7 am off on another hike through the woods. I'm still mesmerized by the beauty around me and have to take more pictures.

I tried to take some panos but they didn't really work out. So I just got going on my walk.

When I came to the top of a hill and came out of the woods the cattle were just staring at me.

This is one of my favorites of all my woods pictures.

Burning the branches of the 2 trees I cut down last Saturday. Morning bonfires are fun.

Alexis doing her math while we worked. :)

(From right to left) Alexis, Thomas and Kaitlyn are cutting branches and throwing them in the fire. Talea is singing and dancing. Sam and Makenna are playing swords with sticks they found. Not sure what Andy in the middle is doing.

Kaitlyn dancing as she rakes. It was a Wizard of Oz dance she learned in the play.

Makenna and Samuel playing in the dirt.

Thomas playing king of the mountain on the tall stump.

A beautiful fall day for burning branches, playing in the trees, swinging, and roasting marshmallows. It was a really fun day.

I helped Samuel devise this hollow log to stick his roasting stick through and roast his hot dogs.

After we were done burning we did school on the picnic table.

Today: One last picture of our favorite view. We're going to Iowa for Thanksgiving and when we get back all the trees will be bare. Can't wait to see it in spring though!