It's "NO" vember

 I read that it's NOvember and we should say NO to whatever doesn't bring us joy.  Like cleaning? Like dieting? Like people who make up crazy things like NOvember?  Well, my fave month of October came and went in a big orange flash.  It was full of beautiful weather.

The colors on these trees are amazing and this photo doesn't do it justice.

The barn is red and the trees are complimenting it!

Orange as the sun goes down. The dry weather was broken up with some rain, thankfully, and a mix of mild as well as chilly days.  The kiddos here in Ashland had trick or treat on the Thursday before Halloween.  It did rain and was pretty chilly.  Many of the little burbs around here changed the trick or treat to November1st but the kids here are tough, I guess.  Of course, some folks were not happy, but the kids didn't seem to mind!  After my Halloween trip to Chicago, Midge and I headed back to Ohio and she was able to spend the week with us. We didn't do anything really crazy but we did enjoy just hanging out together and visiting some shops around town.  We took some nice walks with Annabelle and hiked through the Creepy Woods enjoying the crunch of the leaves, the colors of the trees and peace and quiet of the day.  However, one bad thing happened after those hikes.  Midge got a tick on her neck! It was pretty embedded, but we did get it out.  I really hope no problems happen because of it. It's been a bad year for ticks and I feel awful that she had to experience it.  This morning we took off early and headed back to Chicago so she could be home for an event at her Church on Sunday.  I'm helping her with that and then I'll head for home on Monday.  That's the day our area is supposed to get our first snowfall.  Figures, I'll be driving in that!  No good deed goes unpunished!  I'm still enjoying being with her though so no worries.  I do miss Jack and Annabelle as they stayed home.  So that's about it for the first week of our November.  One thing I failed to mention last week.  Midge and I didn't just dress up for some Halloween fun.  We also took a pic for the Sunday Today Show for their Mug shots segment.

We don't know if we'll make the cut for the show but maybe if you watch it this Sunday you'll see us in all our glory! Ha!  Wish us luck! Have a good weekend everyone.