There are a few things I like about Fall....

I do like the cooler weather....because we spend more time outside!

We've gone on 2 walks this week....it's been great.

Saturday, we went to the square to walk around and get milkshakes at a little walk up shop there.  (BTW..."we" is Kraig, Chris and I--Christopher chose not to go.) 

As we were walking out the door, Kraig went out first and immediately screams "LOOK!!!"  We're right behind him...and this is what we see.....

It was above our neighbor's house across the street...probably not as close as it seemed...but it was close enough that we could hear the heat/flame burner when they pulled on it.

We drove around the block to get turned around...and saw another one.

The square was a Civil War battlefield and has some memorabilia scattered around...it also has a train that still runs through (but there wasn't one today).

Here is Kraig and Chris at one of the cannons.

No, guys....look at ME!

That's better!!!

A local artist painted this mural over the summer....(just pretend the two pics are connected...I couldn't figure out the panoramic setting on my camera)....Pretty awesome if ya ask me.  And the pictures don't do the colors any justice at all....it is so vibrant, it just jumps off the side of the building.

And then another night this week, Chris and I went on a walk to the park...there are some walking trails near one of the ball fields that we've been wanting to go explore.  Turns out it connects to the trail that goes around the lake that we have walked around numerous times.....but it was still nice.  Very pretty, lots of trees.

At the back end of the lake, part of the trail is a bridge that goes over the lake overflow.  We've had some rain lately, so the overflow had been filled apparently (though it is not any more)...but there is still standing water in it....and all of these itty bitty minnows.....they were moving so fast too!

I thought this was a cool shot, with the sun in the trees...

Then, we went to a different lake (one of the things we noticed when we first moved here....TN has a lot of man made lakes).  This one is behind/between the library and town hall.  We've been a couple of times...not alot to it, except a walking trail around it, ducks, and a field that people bring their dogs to play fetch in.  In fact, both times we've been there, the same four dogs have been there with their owners (the first time it was a woman; this last time it was a man.)

I took this the first time....I just thought it looked cool

And this last time...the ducks decided to show their backsides....

(literally!!)

At one point, they were ALL mooning us as we walked by!