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| Fall color viewed from the deck. Wow! |
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| The same scene but with dramatic lighting when dark clouds rolled in. |
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| Berries along the nature trail. |
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| Bill enjoying the sunny day. |
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| The two oak trees in front of the deck dazzled with bright orange-yellow color. |
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| Me in front of the cabin. |
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| Beautiful color in the front yard. |
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| Persimmon trees along the nature trail. There's still lots of fruit left in the trees. |
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| These persimmons fell from the trees. Inedible early in the fall, they tasted better after the first frost. |
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| As usual, acorns were abundant this year, so we decided to crack some open and try to eat them. |
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| Bill cracking open the acorns. |
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| These are the shelled acorns before they went into the pot. |
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| To get rid of the tannic acid in the acorns and make them edible, I boiled them about a dozen times, changing the water each time. |
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| Here are the final acorns, boiled many times, then toasted. They didn't taste great, but if there's nothing else to eat, they'd be just fine. |
