this is the view from the kitchen window these days. Fall glory in full force. I think I can safely say without fear of exaggeration that we have more trees than all our friends put together. This statistic is helped by the fact that many of our friends live in row homes in the city with no trees at all, but also by the fact that our little neighborhood has so far escaped some zoning laws (the street is only one car wide for 8 houses) and has yet far escaped subdividing.  Viva La Foliage!

and these guys have come out by the hundred. lots of little mushrooms. They died a couple hours after this picture so I am not worried about them taking over the world anymore, but there was a few moments of intial panic.