I woke up this morning to the first frost of the year.  Summer is gone and Fall is nearly half way over, heck the year is almost gone!!  For me the year so far has been a good one.  Mountain life suits me.  

This past month so far has been a busy one I went to the Outer Banks at the beginning of the month and it was a very nice visit.  My sister was at the beach so my moms “honey do” list was almost done when I got there, that allowed me to enjoy the family and do a little shopping; you know just relax.  For me mid September through October is a great time to visit the beach. Its not as crowed and defiantly not as hot as the summer is. When I first got there I was a little surprised at the traffic but then I was reminded that it was Columbus Day weekend.  I don’t have any kids in school and I work at a job that is not tied to a  8 hour, 5 day work week so all but the major holidays seem to have been dropped from my radar.  It was one of my better visits since I left the beach. I had a good time but it was nice to come home.

Knights in armor

fairies

 and friends

 Last weekend some friends and I went to the Renaissance Festival outside of Charlotte NC.  I had a good time.  We put renaissance looking things in our hair, a few of us dressed up and we all had a good time. I had my face painted and while it looked great red on a pale face at the renaissance fair did not go well in the long run.

This weekend I will be hanging at home.  I need to get some things done here.  If my garden is not wiped out from this frost I need to mulch it more and cover a few things with plastic. Between work and play I have let the garden go.  The weather has been so nice that I did not even think about frost.  Of course there is the never ending winter activity of splitting wood, stacking wood and bringing wood in the house. In between my little activities I will sit on the couch and read.  Sometimes a little alone time can be great!!!