Fall is so lovely here. The air smells of ripe apples and the sun is still shining like crazy! The days are warm and the nights are cold enough for a cozy fire! It's the best season.

It's time for me to focus on my farm here now. We have gotten the bulk of the paperwork done for our adoption, and now I feel I can focus some energy on my home again.

I need to deworm all the goats and give them their BO-SE shots. The girls are all settled (bred) so that's out of the way and actually done early for me.

I plan on cutting my herbs and bringing them in the house to wash and then dehydrate for winter use. I also take all the leftover tomatoes in the garden and either freeze them or dehydrate them. We have a giant pumpkin that is on display but soon will become a snack. We love to roast the seeds with some of the "guts" still on them- yummy!

The guys are busy hunting so the freezer will be full for the winter months, and the birds are already butchered, so it's a matter of relaxing by the fire in the afternoons for me with a good book or THE Good Book, while the older kids ride their horses with the neighbor kids and the youngest boy plays legos at my feet.

It's a good life, and I can't wait until next winter when I have two more children here by the fire with me. I love my children, they are my best friends, and funnest companions. It will be good to have the blessing of more. I imagine next winter we will keep warm with red chile -laced chicken and fish soups over rice, African-style! Never boring around here.