Woah, October!!!

Where did you go? Today, your last day, the eve of November, is a sad day for me. I will miss you, sweet October. I will miss your warmth, your autumnal cool, the angle of your sun, your brilliant color, your crisp scent with the sound of your fallen leaves underfoot.

We will miss you, but we have used you to the fullest, with long afternoon walks, bike rides on the biking trail, hikes through your deciduous splendor, and much generally-dirty outside romping with wonderful friends.

And we gave you a grand send-off last night, with orange plastic pumpkins filled to the top, too heavy for the cold little hands of Fireworks and Spiderman to carry in the end, and Little Puppy snuggly wrapped up on Mama, fast asleep.

Glorious October, I hope that I have taken enough pictures of you to last me through the bleak, color-weak winter to come. I wish I could paint my ceiling clear October Blue and make my walls gleam with Maple, Sweet Gum, Sumac and Oak.

As I look back on the month, I realize I only completed two posts! Gasp! I apologize for my lack of blogger correspondence in this month. I will surely place the blame on my little men, since, between the two, from the time I put them to bed until the time I give up and retire with them, they have kept me jumping up out of my seat every half hour to get them back to sleep. And seeing as how after-bed-time is the time I use to jump into the web world, I must change my typical blogging time... So, I will now send off this post, full of overflowing love for all October has given us, and with wishes that you, too, have used its gifts to the fullest.