Waiting for Autumn

 

There is a saying, "There are two seasons in the year: waiting for fall and fall." 

This weekend we had autumn-like weather. It will warm up and go back to summer this week, but that hint of fall makes me anxious for the season to arrive. Not too far away now, just 2 weeks on the calendar but of course the weather may decide otherwise.

I will probably put out some autumn decor in another week whether the temperatures feel like autumn or not. Autumn is my favorite season. 

Things are getting busy again. Choir, ladies' Bible study, Winona Literary Club. I will have less free time starting tomorrow.

Are your days busier now, too?

A Trip to Denver (Indiana That Is)

 This afternoon we drove southwest about an hour to Doud's Orchard in Denver Indiana.

 

 

The produce shed/store has apples, cider, apple butter, and other items.

They even had onions, plums, other things.

There were maybe 8 different kinds of apples ripe right now. They had signs giving the name, what it was good for (eating, salads, cooking, baking) and a brief idea of the taste (sweet, medium sweet, tart, etc.).

The sales area was decorated for autumn. It was nicely done.

Pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn were available to buy.

Customers could walk around the orchard and the "pumpkin patch".

We had driven south on Indiana 19 most of the way. We decided to go home through Roann on Indiana 16. We had never driven this road west of the town. We were pleasantly surprised to see the Stockdale Mill on the Eel River. The present mill was built in 1857 replacing an earlier one swept away by flood. The current dam was built in 1916.

We browsed in 3 antique stores in Roann, but our day's purchases ended up being apple butter, Jonagold apples, cider, and some cheese corn pops (cheetoh type of snack) added to the basket by my husband.