Halloween Eve

If you've seen my recent posts you can probably see I have been having a very outdoorsy Autumn, which is just how I like it.  Tomorrow is Halloween! For the last few years my costume has just been to wear something that feels Halloween to me. Usually that is all black, with lots of textures like lace or velvet, and either a spooky/romantic mask or headpiece. This year I'll be wearing a cute cat mask that has whiskers on it, a lacey black dress, some dark red lips, and a jacket that is yet to be determined. What are you going as for Halloween?

fall adventures

It's been a while since I have posted anything on here, I have been busy with a renovation John and I are working on. We have been spending as much time as we can hiking and taking little adventures before Winter is here. Though we will probably bundle and spend much time outside year long. These photos are from a short hike we took in Rockland to 'the tunnels'. The project we are working on is almost done and then I will be posting here more often. I have lots of Autumn photos to share!

Rail Trailin'

Photos from the last weekend in October, in New Paltz, NY. I sure do miss having the rail trail just a few steps away from my front door.

Faux Apple Picking

A couple of weeks ago my friend Jackie came up and visited me from Long Island. Jackie is pretty much the only friend who I managed to stay close with after high school. I love that even if we don't talk for a couple of weeks, as soon as we do we pick up right where we left off, and are usually hysterically laughing within minutes. She's super easy going, and really she just rules. The only problem is we live 100- something miles away from one another and our days off of work rarely match up!
The weekend before Halloween she was able to come up for 1 day. (not enough girl time at all!) So we had to cram the day with adventure the second she got here. We got brunch at this cute spot called Babycakes over by Vassar college. Then we decided to go apple picking, but apparently there are no more apples on the trees at the end of October!? So we went faux apple picking, and picked the best ones out of 4 different bins. I made Jackie pretend to pick apples from the trees because picking them from a bin just isn't all that exciting for a picture. We made a day of it and rode the hayride, played in the corn maze, had cider donuts, and hung out with some farm animals. I even held my first chicken!  After our big farm adventure we got cozy at the house with a zombie movie and some burritos. Once night came around we got in our Halloween costumes and headed to New Paltz and Jackie headed home.
Sometimes I forget how great it is to have a good girl friend around since I spend most of my time with boys. Not that I don't have a great time with the boys, just it's good to get some feminine energy around me. Anyway, that day really ruled, and having a good girl friend around really rules too.

a Peek at My Wknd

Friday night we went to the Headless Horseman Haunted House and Hayride.  It's become a tradition that we go every year, despite the fact it's a little pricey, we just have to do it. I  had my cider donut and caramel apple of the season.  These photos are from Saturday - we spent all day in New Paltz, playing in the nature preserve and walking around town. It is a super beautiful place to be this time of year.  When we got home we had the best idea ever which was to make buffalo tempeh whole wheat pizza (it ruled!).  Sunday was  spent dog walking with my mom and making floral crowns, which I hope to share some pictures of later. Hope you had a lovely Autumn weekend too!