Enjoying Fall's Colors
As I type, I have apples simmering on the stove for applesauce. They were beginning to get soft, and they needed to be made into sauce pronto, which is pretty unusual. I don't normally make applesauce until November. But then, this has been an unusual year all around. The cold snap in early September tricked our trees into thinking fall had come, and they began to turn the most beautiful fall colors. The colors peaked here around the first day of fall, September 22. That's a full three weeks early! It has been such a dry year, though, and I have heard that it has affected the fall colors. Outside our valley, the colors are much muddier. Why did we get treated to such pretty colors? Chad said it's because God knew we would really appreciate them! And we definitely do! Fall is our very favorite season. We love fall so much, that we got married on the first day of fall. The first day of fall als...