Bitter/Sweet October...32º--Brrrrrr

October is a time of change every year, saying goodbye to long sunny days, trading them for the cool nights, short days and changing colors of fall...The time for canning and storing food for winter...We continue to dry apples and check the pears daily and will soon start to work on them...Yesterday I made some of the fresh/frozen strawberries into jam, that turned out more like strawberry syrup...My mouth waters for pancakes, hot off of the griddle, spread with peanut butter and covered with this strawberry red, sweet, delicious syrup and also for ice cream sundaes or even banana splits...Maybe a special treat this winter...Plus there are many jars to share when I need a special gift.

Another goodbye, so long, this year is to friends Pat and Brian as they leave for their home in Maryland...What before was a short stay for the worst winter months has now turned into a more permanent move, to be closer to son and grandson...They will return to their cabin at the lake, next summer, for the month of July, a break from the hot, humid weather of the East...With positive thoughts we send them off with a farewell breakfast this morning at the Wallowa Lake Lodge and look forward to next summers visit....I could go on and on here about missing our walks, yard sales, belly laughs, mochas, crazy things that we do so much alike and other things in which we are totally opposite...But I won't, we just wish them well, are thankful for the years and memories we have and move on!..Hugs To All...OWAV:)