Fall's Slow Dance along the Train Tracks

Fall's season passes so quickly, as the leaves begin their slow dance to the ground after expressing their brightest colors.  One must just get out and enjoy them while you can!  

I could walk these tracks into forever, enamored with the beauty of each step forward...

The train tracks follow the river's meandering path. 

Sometimes I think I'd like to hop on a train for a ride around the country,
the views are always incredible from a track's point of view!

Every bush and shrub contributing to the explosion of color this fall season.

A deserted beach now, but often frequented by fishermen and swimmers in warmer weather. 

You can see the fall colors along the riverbanks reflected in the calm water.

I'd love to follow this little path, but it is marked private property, so will leave it be,
but what a lovely way to enter your home sweet home!

A favorite spot for fisherman, yet deserted today in the cool misty air. 

Nary a fisherman to be found in this quaint little fishing spot. 

The outlet of the marshy area trailing off to the river below.

Trees beginning their song and dance, colors not quite turned,
but the show has begun! The finale is yet to be...

Back at home, the cool air outside was perfect for hot raspberry leaf tea and biscotti.  
I took the tea outside to the back porch overlooking my blazing red maple...

....and was joined by a rather furry trio of beggars.

 

Oh those faces! How do you resist?
And so, that is how tea with the trio went, a piece for me,
and three pieces for them.  I didn't get much...
but I enjoyed the tea in my new gorgeous teacup,
sent to me by a dear friend in a tea exchange (will blog about it soon!) 

 

My left hand carpal tunnel surgery went very well, and several days of rest ensued.
Of course, the one who knows best about rest showed me just how to get 'er done... lol...
Master Simba enjoyed every quiet moment of rest in my lap. 

Most of the mornings in this October, the fog has settled in around us. 

Though shrouded in fog and mist, the colors of the flag still shine bright!

Losing its leaves, a few at a time, hanging on to its color tenuously.

And when the fog lifts, the show is on! Come one, come all! It's free for the taking....

Beautiful flowers from my sister the day after my surgery,
the bright pinks a favorite of mine. Thank you Sis!

Apple Pie Cups made by a dear friend for us

We have been humbled and blessed beyond measure as a train of food has come to our home in the wake of my surgeries.  Friends and neighbors have brought homemade meals that have allowed me to rest, and not worry about duties in the kitchen.  Enough food for a small army!  A dear friend came over the day after my last and final surgery to braid my long hair, and then she made these melt-in-your-mouth Apple Pie Cups.  We used the apples that we had picked from the wild apple tree a couple of weeks ago.  Simple to make!  Want the 2-ingredient recipe? 

APPLE PIE CUPS
2 pkgs Pillsbury cinnamon rolls
1 can apple pie filling (or 1-1/2 cups homemade apple pie filling)

Roll out cinnamon roll dough to 1/2" thick, cut dough with a large drinking glass (about 3" in diameter) and place circles in buttered muffin tins (we used a 12-muffin cup pan).  Press dough in to form a cup, and fill with apple pie filling.  Bake at 400 for ten minutes or until browned.  Drizzle with icing... eat warm!

Note: This recipe was found on Pinterest if you'd like to see more pictures of it there. 

And as this Fall season continues its slow dance of falling colors, I pray for each one of you, my dear readers, that the "meditation of Him shall be sweet" in your hearts, and that you will be "glad in the Lord".  Psalms 104:34