Autumn-ness

Autumn is such a beautiful time of year!  There is something special about driving through an archway of orange-leaved trees and having all the beautiful leaves rain down on the car.  Last week I took a day to drive around in search of lovely autumn scenery.  This year is such a blessing...I can't think of another time in life where I've had the time or inclination to devote a day to pretty leaves!  I ended up in beautiful Glen Affric National Park.  Here are some favourite snaps:



Loch Ness looking very misty....no chance of spotting Nessie!
 



One day of autumn photography juist wasn't enough, so on the next blue-sky day I went for a walk to the cemetery...a bit morbid, but it's a very pretty cemetery with a lovely hill in the middle and lots of autumn trees!

Aside from autumn leaves, a lot of other exciting things happen this time of year as well.  One of those is halloween!  I can't say I'm a fan of celebrating halloween, but over here it is much bigger than in Aus, and since it originally comes from Scotland, i decided to make an exception this year!  Besides, there were so many pumpkins just waiting to be carved.....



Pumpkin carving is quite gruesome...

My cute pumpkin lantern :)

Bregtje's pumkin, Emma's pumpkin and my pumpkin :)

And finally, to end a rather full blog post, some pics from Guy Fawkes bonfire night!  We just drove down to Bught Park to watch the fireworks and poor Guy go up in flames :(




Poor little Guy....I could almost hear his cries for help...

I'm really enjoying this time of year, not only for it's lovely colours but also because I know my time here is nearly up and I want to make the most of every moment!  I'm doing some supply teaching and admin work at the church but also enjoying the fact that it's ok for now to sleep in, get up go for a walk and just see what comes for the day.  I never want to take this for granted....it's such a time of blessing!