this is the the only tree in our front yard that makes a "mess", but the back is truly loaded, in that there's a mini-woods back there...

i know there's some serious physical labor in my near future, which will be good for me, but preocuppies my mind anyhow. even tessy's a bit preoccupied with all those trees!...
although, if it weren't for "the woods" we wouldn't see half the wildlife we see, at our close proximity to downtown northampton. let's face it, the wildlife is what is primarily keeping tessy zipping around the backyard the way she does

please notice the zip lines flying off the tessinator. nor would we all be able to enjoy what will soon be the ever changing pallete of the back yard over the next couple of weeks. i'm actually suprised that the leaves are turning such brilliant colors. i always beleived that it was the cold nights and warmish days that brought out the best colors. i still have my windows open and fans going, since it hasn't really gotten down much lower that 50F at night here. i mean, i would say we're in indian summer, but there hasn't been any length of cool weather to seperate the summer from the autumn. i'm still getting tomatoes people!!!!