Wrapping Up Fall Around the Ranch

...in 1,007 pictures or less - I promise it's less.

Cows are down from the mountain now and pepper the fields of the lower portion of the ranch.

A "Monument of Le Autumn Leaves" mud castle down at the creek:

One of the hay sheds all stocked for winter feeding:

The pumpkins hang tight. To pie or not to pie?:

The last tree to turn every year - the big maple in the front yard - has turned golden and the leaves on its branches are getting more scarce everyday:

Riding horses with Grandpa while enjoying the delicious autumn weather:

{I took this picture just before Ezra lost his balance and accidentally pulled Kate off of mammoth Willy's back with him...all the way down to the ground.}:

"What's that smell?" I'm not really saying or thinking that, but that is what it looks I am thinking:

Painting the hen house with Grammie before it gets too cold for paint to adhere to the sun-beaten, weathered wood:

The wood pile is stocked:

And now, as of today, almost all of the leaves have fallen from the big maple tree in the front yard, leaving a lush, golden carpet. (It reminds me of the gold carpet we had in our living room as a kid.) :

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