Leaves are showering down by the thousands once again. It is that time of year, actually one of my favorite seasons. Our huge 2 lots are full of massive maples that rain down their shedding leaves and cover our lawn totally! Last year we hired a young man from down the street to blow our yard, but yesterday I decided to invest in my own fall toy, a gas powered leaf blower! What fun! I filled it with gas mix, set the choke, pulled the rope, reset the choke, pulled again and vrrroooommmm, my toy came to life. It still is a big yard, big job but how fun to watch the fallen leaves dance and twirl as the blast of air moves them towards the woods. The only thing missing is the smell of burning leaves! Maybe after the fire danger goes down! Hey, let's make a huge pile and jump in them, ok? Next toy to tune up is the snow-blower, I've heard we are in for a doozy of a snow filled winter. YAY! Bring it on! Have a fun fall friends!



Fish Eyes Anyone?



Diggin' for the fish eye!

 Back on the otherside I was happy to find I have not lost my adventuresome appetite for things unusual and never tasted before by me!!  This year's challenge was fish eyes.  Yup, I said, fish eyes.  Why do you ask?  Because they are considered a delicacy and I have never been challenged to try them before.  Thanks Todd.  So the first step was to dig them out with my kuazi.  Then......


The first taste of the eye...hmmm, interesting

  Into my mouth they went!!  There was a slight crunch, a little soft spot and it was all over!  I did it, YAY!  Oh, at this same meal I tried donkey.  It was ok, but to me really nothing to write about.  I prefer to see them pulling carts than ground and stuffed in a dumpling.


The China "tourist" look



So many adventures during this past three weeks.    I think the most fun though was sharing the land we love with 4 people who had never been there.  They experienced trains, taxi rides, buses, walking, walking, walking, eating every kind of delicious food we could stuff ourselves with, the Great Wall and markets.  That was just the side stuff.  The most important and rewarding was meeting new friends in the various cities we visited.  Along the way 2 new sisters joined our family.  We plowed, planted and harvested on this trip.  It was good.  Thank you to all here at home who constantly remembered us to Father for our safety, health and work.  I pray each of you will look and find where HE is working and join HIM there!  Your life will be blessed, full of joy and peace like ours!