This and That

 

Hello Friends, 

A little of this and that to share with you today.

Salsa made with all our garden goodness.

What is your favorite chip to eat salsa with?

 

For the past few years I have been experimenting with a longer growing season. 

I give you autumn radish.

 

On our walk along the school path I noticed something twinkling at me in the sun. With  further investigating I found this pile of Pepsi cans.

 

On a more cheerful note, the autumn mushrooms are pushing their way up to say Hello.

October is the month

 When the smallest breeze 

Gives us a shower of autumn leaves. 

Bonfires and pumpkins

Leaves sailing down

October is red

And golden and brown.

Anonymous

 

Goodbye September and it is the Hodgepodge

 

On the hunt for that perfect pumpkin.

 

Hello Friends,

It is Wednesday and it is time for the Hodgepodge. 

Click here to join the fun! 

Joyce asks the questions.

We answer the questions.

 

 1. When you think of autumn what sounds come to mind? 

 

 Rustling sounds of dried corn.

Saturday we spent the day with our youngest son, we got lost a few times, but we did manage to get out of the corn maze. 

 

 The autumn winds and rustling of leaves.

 

 2.  Is a trip to the mountains something you enjoy? What's your favorite mountain? 

 

 We do not have any real big mountains here in Wisconsin.

I have not explored many of the mountains in the USA.

Our favorite mountain here in Wisconsin is Rib Mountain State Park.

Click here for more information. 

 

The below photo is of our youngest son in February of this year on top of Rib Mountain on his way down on his snowboard.

 

 

3. What's something that once felt like a mountain, but is now just a molehill? 

We needed to tackle a job this past week. Move me into my new potting shed. Oh it felt like a mountain at first. So much stuff to move and sort and clean. 

 

Team Work!!!  We did it!!!

 

4. Let's play this or that-fall foods edition. Yes you have to choose. 

• pumpkin spice latte or chai latte  ~  chai latte
• apple cider or hot chocolate  ~ hot chocolate
• stew or chili ~ stew
• sweet potato casserole or green bean casserole ~ sweet potato casserole
• butternut squash soup or creamy mushroom soup ~ butternut squash soup
• cranberry sauce or gravy ~ cranberry sauce
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•  5. Sum up your September in a sentence or two. 
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•  We enjoyed beautiful weather in September here in Wisconsin. 
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•  6. Insert your own random thought here. 
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• We had a fun apple day. 
• We played mini golf. 
• Mastered a corn maze.
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• Picked Apples. 
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   ♥
• Carla 

On the Shores of Lake Superior

 

 

On August 29, 2026 on the shores of Lake Superior two dear people got married. 

It was a simple wedding, with family and friends in attendance.  

 

Our son Samuel married his sweetheart of seven years, Caitlin.

They have persevered several military deployments during that seven years. They continued to grow stronger in friendship and love.

Here is our son Samuel and his beautiful wife Caitlin. 

 

 

 Thank you dear blog friends for praying for this new couple. Many of you have watched our boys grow up through reading my posts here at The River.

 I am excited to share this news with you today. 

A new chapter begins.  

 ♥

Carla