More Harvest Happiness

I really do LOVE this time of year, and find it absolutely delightful to be able to enjoy it this year in the western hemisphere.

One of my more recent pleasures...decorating the banister. I have to laugh when I think about what my friends across the ocean must think of tying 'dead' leaves to the handrail...but in the culture I happen to be in today, it's considered pretty!

Another delicious delight - apples! All kinds of apples! Although I do miss pineapples and papaya and the other tropical fruit we've gotten used to in the Philippines, I am thrilled at the apple variety on this side of the world! But the best part of apple season?- Dawn's amazing apple pie!!


And of course, pumpkins! Mounds and mounds of pumpkins at every grocery store! The kids (with a little help from parents and grandparents) carved up some pretty awesome jack-o-lanterns! And Grandpa cooked up some yummy seeds! In our other home, we cook pumpkins and serve them over rice, but making faces out of them is pretty fun too!