autumn's first.

Maddie had been to the market,
had a bunny picnic,
visited with her Grammy,
and was traveling the world,

 all before 9:45 this morning.

Which was good, because her Mama was busy cleaning the kitchen.  : )

 Helping her Mother prep enchiladas for dinner.

Though it was raining -it hasn't rained forever!- we supposed that we'd be verra brave and head to Out, anyway. 
(Rain is more of a beckoning than hindrance, truth be told.)

So with lunches packed, camera in tow, raincoats and an umbrella, off we went.
To one of our favorite magical spots.

On the way up...

a bull Moose!

And then to our spot.... 

A snake!!  Maddie spotted it.  I imagine it was a garter snake, as we've seen them here before.  We didn't have our Snake Expert (aka Daddy) with us, and we were too busy hunting His Snakiness to get his picture.
Sorry, Rico!

 

 Equisetum
 

 

Mosses and Lichens

 

 a Banded Woolly Bear!  

(after researching we found out she shall turn into an Isaballa Tiger Moth.)

 Unstaged Love.

After we got home we took a trip to the library to pick up a few treasures.

Then while games were loading, we waited

and read.....

So now we're playing ZooTycoon (The Complete Collection)
and
My Little Ponies (software)
and
dinner is in the oven,
and Mama is so excited to check out a library Art book....

and all is
Fine,
and Right,
and
so, so Good.

I'm sure we'll be here tomorrow.