Waiting for Fall

 My allergies and I are waiting with bated breath for fall; 

actually we're waiting to HAVE breath -

unstuffy, uncongested, clear breath -

and THAT won't happen until the first hard frost apparently...

so, we're still waiting!

I did go on a road trip 'Up North',

Wisconsin and northern IL,

hoping that several hundred miles might make a difference.

 

It DID; but only because it was a nice distraction, 

with prettier scenery and fun with family that I hadn't seen for awhile.

Trips to Door County and Washington Island allowed for a hint of fall color;

enough to provide respite when I returned to temperatures in the upper 80's

upon my return home.

Some sights are so iconic Wisconsin that if you know you know -

and if you don't, there's not much to say.

Hint: goats on roof = amazing Swedish pancakes with ligonberries.

 

 It was also fun to see a niece's new condo, still in the midst of renovations

but reflecting the people I love who live there and looking very much like 'home' for them!

SO glad they've moved back closer to the rest of us.

Got home just in time for the first of the fall birthday celebrations

 and to get decked out for Halloween.

Certainly not as grand, but 'home' nonetheless.

October is off to a good start -

congestion notwithstanding.