October-Hello and goodbye!

Dear October,

     I really look forward to your coming every year!  Your arrival is always so anticipated, much like my ten year old self peering out the window, eagerly watching for favorite cousins to arrive for a holiday.  Can I say I really LOVE you?

This year you kept the temperatures warm enough for my geraniums to survive and mingle with the pumpkins and falling leaves.

Pumpkin hunting only required a sweater for comfort.

Thank you for some beautiful skies.

And a few friendly rodents.

It is the time we gather together with family and friends to be a bit goofy and soak in the haunting atmosphere of Halloween.

Thank you, October for some fun memories!

Happy Halloween!

JoAnn

Oktoberfest-in September

A few weeks ago my family and I headed up Little

Cottonwood Canyon to the ski resort of Snowbird, for the annual Oktoberfest Celebration.

The leaves were just starting to turn red and yellow, and it was indeed a pretty sight.  Some years we wait too late to appreciate fall’s beauty, but this year we were on the early end.  We’ve since had some rain and I’m not sure what that did to the leaf display, but at any rate, fall is a stunning season and Utah’s mountains are one of my favorite places to be.

  The weather was perfect.  Not too hot- not too cold. 

Since we aren’t beer drinkers and Oktoberfest is a beer drinkers holiday, we focused on the scenery, German music, and food. 

We always enjoy the brats and apfelstrudle.

Yum!

We enjoy sitting in the dining tent, listening to the live German band, watching the “natives” in their traditional folk dress, and letting the kids dance with all the other kids (and brave adults).

We had a fun day!

 

Bet you didn’t think I could still fit in my dirndle!

Happy October first!

JoAnn

P.S.  I wanted to share some Utah fall-mountain beauty.  The following three pictures were taken in 2013 while driving the Alpine Loop in American Fork Canyon.

Hopefully, I’ll get there again this year.