Fall is slowly starting to show it's pretty colors.
We're surrounded by maples in our yard and the first leaves are turning, giving a little preview of what's coming ...
These trees are going to be spectacular in a couple of weeks!

                                         

The weather took a little bit of a nose-dive through the week, temperatures fell into the 60's (40's at night) and it rained pretty much every day.
I managed to get a few walks in during the intermissions ...

I think the lake still looked rather pretty with those dark shadows .. sort of a gloomy fall kind of vibe .. the one that makes you want to go home and have a nice mug of hot chocolate!                         

Which I did, and I even turned my little fireplace on .. so cozy!

The birds have finally caught on to my bird-feeders:

     
That's a Chickadee on the left and a Nuthatch on the right

It took them quite some time to become aware of them, but now they're pretty much emptying that particular feeder, which has the black sunflower seeds in them, every single day!

They're being watched though:

This Red-tail Hawk is one of a pair that claim this area as their personal territory and small birds are definitely on their menu-list!                                                              

This was what was on our menu list this week:

It's hutspot, a dutch winter-staple, which is basically made up out of (cooked) carrots and onions mixed into mashed potatoes. Usually served with sausages or, as in this case, with an old-fashioned meatball .. and let's not forget the gravy!
Not necessarily 'haute cuisine' but sooooo statisfying!

I also tried my hand at a pumpkin cobbler. It was a very interesting recipe.
After making the dough, pouring it in the pan and covering it with sugar and pecans, the last thing you do before putting it in the oven is pouring 1.5 cup of very hot water over the whole thing!
It definitely looks weird, all that water and those pecans starting to float ..
What happens is that that water moves through the dough while baking, taking the sugar with it and thus creating it's very own caramel sauce. Magic!



Man oh man, was that good! But what's not to like about pumpkin, brown sugar, pumpkin spices and pecans?
Definitely worth making, and repeating!

And that brings me to the last item in this post. Like they say: "last but not least".
Well, it's actually a pretty big thing .. we're moving again!
I know, we were pretty sure we wouldn't have to for a while, a couple of years at least, but unfortunately our current arrangement is not working out the way we thought it would.
It's not because we don't like it but it turns out the 'missus' is not happy with the situation, or with us for that matters, and it became clear we had to leave.

So .. now what? After unsuccessfully trying to come up with a new place to live at various campgrounds (they're either full, or too expensive or our rig is 'too old'!), we contacted our 'old' landlords who previously had offered us a place to stay at their new house in Sheridan if we couldn't find anything.
Guess what ... they were still open to the idea and if everything goes well, we will move over there in a couple of weeks after a site (and utilities) have been created.

Can you say 'relieved'? We're so happy!
So there we go again, new adventures! Like I said, you never know with us ...
always something!