Orchard

Last Saturday Lisa and I went to Pine Tree Apple Orchard near White Bear Lake. Not only is it an apple orchard, it also has a pumpkin patch, corn maze, hay rides and a strawberry patch in the summer. It was a perfect autumn day, so we wandered around for hours. Lisa found a pumpkin that she fell in love with, but it was too big and heavy to be carried the half mile back to the car. They have apple cinnamon donuts there that are extremely popular, they smelled divine, but we opted for caramel apples instead. Yum!

Maps

I've been really into maps lately. I don't know if it's because I really want to do some traveling, or simply because they are interesting and beautiful. These are just a few of my recent favorites. Where do you want to travel? 

(This is so cool! Scratch off where you've been to reveal a large, full color map.)

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What I Wore

I love buttons. Ever since I was a kid I've collected cool buttons, and I prefer my clothes to have as many buttons, pockets or zippers as possible. So when I found this shirt a couple weeks ago I knew it was for me. I actually just noticed that my blazer also has some rather loud buttons. Overkill? Maybe, but I don't care!

I think everyone has a "thing" with their wardrobe, whether it's a color, style or brand. What's your thing?

Autumn

I may be biased, but I think that Minnesota has some of the most beautiful Fall colors. The weather has been summer-like and in the 80's, but the trees have turned and pretty soon the temperatures will betray us once again. Biking is one of my favorite things when the weather's nice, so I've been on many bike rides this week (my bike's name is Loretta, she is a lovely mint cruiser.). I brought my camera along to take some photos for a lovely friend who recently moved to Florida, hopefully some of them will do justice to how vibrant Autumn looks and feels here.

Intro Post

Hello there. It's about time I started a blog again, as it's been a very, very long time. I've been a huge creeper on some fantastic blogs for a very long time, and I hope I cab create something that other people like to read/browse. Recently I got a DSLR, so this will also be an outlet for me to dump photos. I've been meaning to push myself to take more pictures because when I'm 80 it'll be fun to look back at what life was like and remember all the little things.

(In case you were wondering, this is what I look like.)