One of the many fun signs at the campsites ..

I guess I should complain more, about the weather, that is..

Last week we went from 91F(30C) to 50F(10C) in 3 days, how about that!

No complaints here, I was 'tickled pink' as they say. Unfortunately it was short lived, 3 days, and we're back to 80F(25C) today.
Oh well ... like I said last time, it IS coming!

I've started watching the Fall Foliage Prediction Map and the Nationwide Peak Leaf Forecast on the web and parts of Northern New York are the first parts of the country with 'minimal' change.
I'll say it again ... it is coming!

Not much to see on my walk yet, lots of Cottonwood leaves are falling but not much color and I notice more and more berries, like these from the Grey Dogwood:

                                                               Or these little Crab-apples

                            

And these large seed-pods are from the Milkweed I photographed earlier in the season ..

 

 

There are still some Butterflies around. This is a Cabbage White (I think), although this one looks a little 'off-white' ...

And this might be a Mustard White:

When I'm not walking around the lake I walk around the campground and besides all those different RV's and trailers I also come across these:

     

We're such a happy bunch aren't we, us campers. And no, we don't feed the Sasquatch! (top left in the next pic)

Cooler temperatures always make me want to go in the kitchen and bake or cook or stew something. 

It started with making dough for pizza, which is such an easy dough and so pretty and soft ...

And than I decided to make a free-style 'no-knead' bread which came out great too:

And while I was at it, and I have a sweet tooth more than anything else, I made Blueberry Muffins. I used a different recipe with sour creme, and they are a little denser but delicious!

 

And than I needed some 'in-between' cookies so I baked up some 'ready-to-bake' Nestle chocolate chip ones ... m-m-good!

While I was happily busy in that department, James worked on the exercise room, next to the pool:

And put marble counter tops on the kitchen cabinets in what's going to be a 'snack-bar' area, at the main building.

Well, there you have it. Another week in the live of the Hess's. Aren't we a lively bunch?

O, I almost forgot, we golfed ... of course!

This time at the private Caledonia Country Club:

It was a little bit of a dark day, and we had somewhat of a very light drizzle going on during the back nine, but it was a nice course and we didn't golf too bad either (for a change)!

The front nine were a fun up-and-down as you (might be) able to see there behind James ..

And look at this interesting hole:

To be able to see if the green has cleared below, you have to climb the stairs to take a peak. Funny!

Alright, I think that really was it this time. 

Here's another sunset one. Not as colorful as the previous, but it works good for 'the end', so there you have it ..