77 Pictures in October

A wonderful family time in autumn. It was truly a joy to have Mama Delia and Papa Fidel vacation in our home last month. They arrived during the perfect fall weather where the leaves have all turned yellow, red, and orange and the daylight had that golden glow. I was once again cooking up a storm, but sadly did not take any pictures of the food. Filipino fiesta was on our daily menu. We were blessed.

welcome home

Sarsozo family time
Mama Delia &
Mom Mila
Sophie & Marcella
boys will be boys
dinner and karaoke
and dancing with David too
eating al fresco
road trip to Chicago
cozy hotel room
walk to Navy Pier
Mom craved for the famous chicago hotdog
fabulous pose
gorgeous day
happy walk
happy talk
architechtural tour
of the city
on the river
learning about its history
going under one of the many draw bridges
the boat ride ended by nightfall
where we walked to the famous theater
in search of an awesome pizza restaurant
thanks to Kuya Dohn's recommendation cab ride back to the hotel
for a nice quiet evening
followed by a morning visit to Hard Rock Cafe
in search of a gift for Paul
cool drums
had to take this one for my man: Hendrix's guitar
shopping at the Magnificent Mile
sunny
happy day
full house at the Cheesecake Factory it was the Chicago Marathon weekend
off to Toronto they went to visit Tita Minda & Tito Pepito
and returned to play in the pile of fallen leaves
yeah, it was a big pile
pasalubong from Tita Minda, delicious ensaymada (salamat Tita!)
a morning at the farm where we ate freshly made doughnuts
and drank apple cider
surrounded in pumpkins
more pumpkins
a big hay maze
cute couple
more pumpkins
pumpkin happy
halloween is near
did i say more pumpkins?
hayride
all to ourselves
what a treat
these horses where amazing
haystacks (wish I was a painter) riding through the pumpkin fields
and corn fields
it was a fast and fun ride
then back to town
for some sweetscaramel-making & ice cream
quick stop at my office
breakfast at Angelo's
we love this place a must stop... for our all our visitors hmm, hmm, good
ready for a stroll
at the farmer's market
apple season
and mushroom too
Papa Fidel's workout (oops, lost one picture here while I was updating...)
he was so helpful
early family Thanksgiving dinner

77th picture of cute sophie
Come back and see us again soon!

Autumn Beauty

For Sydney: It was lovely catching-up with you this Sunday. This post is dedicated to you and Izzy-- Thinking of you both fondly this beautiful fall season.

Make a left on Linwood, a left on Main Street, a left on Huron River Drive and you will arrive here. Our little city is nestled in all this beauty and on this autumn day, there's no plans, no deep thoughts, no human interaction, not even direction-- just stealing a little time for a carefree moment.

an enchanted clearing in the woods

the last remaining autumn leaves

the river just beyond

down a path

my footsteps in the leaves were the only sound i heard

down to the water's edge

the river is calm;

almost all the leaves have fallen

on the way back up the path

the view from above

Wishing you peace, love, and beauty this autumn season.

Time Passes

Time is passing by so quickly here. I need to catch-up to the falling leaves and will return here again.

Even if something is left undone,

everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.

Elizabeth Lawrence