as my good friend Michael would say, "before the witch of winter of comes, there is the glorious foretaste of paradise in fall."  all right so he was only complaining about winter and i added in the part about fall.  notwithstanding the terrible mezcla of a quote, the theme is true.  fall gives us a golden retreat - to get away from the to-and-fro of summer and relax in crispy leaves.  for my family, fall also gives us the opportunity to make homemade apple butter (this is a link to last year's fotos).  a fall family tradition that unfortunately was arrested by a fire ban this year because of a severe drought.  despite the set backs, many of us came together at my grandparents' farm to catch up and play.  so here are those fotos.
and then, family fotos from my thanksgiving this year.

i was going crazy not making fotos.  so i made a couple today.  here is a digital test shot (meaning i shot the real ones in film).

from my home.  indianapolis. 

i had two frames of commercial work that i needed to develop and didn't want to waste the rest of the roll; so I burned the other 14 on my home (okay, but only showing 13).

Chad, Cassandra, and Brayden.  they are all beautiful.  yes, Chad, even you.  my sister is preggers* again - wish her and Chad congratulations!

i did family fotos for them (obviously). 

ps Brayden's 2nd birthday is tomorrow (the 28).  we're having a party.  hooray!  and, thus, the reason for a majority of fotos of him.