I feel like this was a very typical October and a very atypical October. Pumpkins, cooler weather, bright skies and rainy days, the winding down of the garden, beach trips, neighborhood cats, spooky walks, and spooky decor. But in other ways, this felt like the beginning of something new. As leaves turned and heavy work load slowed down, other things were ramping up.

In the start of the month we were still eating a lot from the garden, we had our biggest raspberry crop! We spent time outside and some days were warm and beautiful.

We had rainy and cold days this month, too. Bleak and foreboding. But on one of these rainy days we added a new member to our family! More on Martin, soon.

We visited farm markets and picked our pumpkins. We saw #watchercats here, there, and everywhere.

Besides our new life with Martin, I also started a BookTube/YouTube channels and that is a new obsession and a new way of life. I really like to think of video ideas, and even though I’ve only made a few, I want to become better at making videos!

October felt productive, exciting and fast. The month flew by, but looking back, I can hardly remember the start of the month: So much has happened!

The end of October marks the start of the end of the year. It feels like only a short time ago, that I was shocked we were in the beginning of 2020, now we are nearing it’s close.

2020 was nothing like the world expected, October was not what I thought it might be. What will the last two months of the year bring?