We've had a pretty fun Fall!
Charlotte went to the Topsfield Fair with her friend Madison and jumped really high on the bungee swing things.
Carol and I finally got to see a favorite musician of ours: Melody Gardot. She's American but lives in Europe and rarely tours here. It was a fantastic show: so much talent on that stage and she shared the spotlight generously. We can't wait to see her again. It was a wonderful date night.
Our Seattle friend Britt came to visit for a few days. That's always a treat!
Back in the spring we bought discount passes to a local amusement park: Canobie Lake Park. At the time we planned to use them with our neighbors during the summer but that never happened. We finally used those passes in mid-October. Only New Englanders would go to an amusement park when it is 45 degrees out! We were underdressed (it had been warmer just before), but we still had fun. We'll go back next year when it's warmer.
At the end of October yet more Seattle friends were in town: Paula and Chris were visiting Paula's parents while on their way back to Seattle from a trip to Ireland. We met them at a beautiful place called World's End and then had a seafood dinner with them.
I met Paula when I was a summer camp counselor in 1982. She and Chris are both artists and we have a large painting by Chris hanging in our kitchen and two large drawings by Paula in our living room. It was great to see them and catch up a little. It was also the first time they had met the girls. We hope to see them in Seattle in the summer of 2016.
Then there was Halloween. I didn't even get a photo of Audrey's costume this year. As a sign of getting older, she went trick-or-treating with a friend in a different neighborhood for hours.
I built my usual Halloween electronics project. This year it was a sidewalk piano. I'll have to make a separate post about that.
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