Glorious Fall

Oh Happy Days!  Fall in Virginia!  Perfect weather and a paintbox of foliage colors.

I took a friend to Charlottesville for a birthday treat.  After a delicious lunch, we tasted wines at Hill Top Berry Farm and Winery in Nellysford, VA.  Their fruit and honey meads are interesting and pungent with a variety of fruits and blends.  I purchased their Cranberry Table Wine for Thanksgiving dinner.

The drive to and from Charlottesville was lovely.    The countryside provided lots to see and talk about and conversation flowed with a good copilot!  A few hours dissolved in no time.In typical "city folks visiting the country" fashion, we bought the local produce:  two gallons of apple cider, some crisp just-picked apples, and freshly baked bread to have with our turkey soup back home.  Every now and then we stopped to admire the colors and take photographs.  What a spectacular time of year this is to have a little extra free time to appreciate the beauty of nature.  I tried not to let thoughts of the approaching winter interrupt my good cheer.

Back home in Falls Church, it is delightfully colorful and I take every opportunity to walk instead of drive and enjoy the wonderful show that nature affords this time of year.