The mystery plant that took over my garden this summer was finally revealed for what it was...not a squash, but a pumpkin! My friend Murf calls it a "squapum". I also grew yellow and acorn squashes, but they were hidden by the pumpkin leaves. 
The 42 pound pumpkin.
Hobart likes Dad's new recliner!
Paws
This tree is nature's gift to us every Autumn.
A bountiful harvest (this was only one of many pickings)
This is the covered bridge on the Honeyrun Road that runs between Paradise and Chico. Although the trees below the buttes look autumnal, they are that color because they burned this past summer during the many lightning fires that started that fateful June day (see the June 21st blog from this year)
