Enjoying the Warm Fall Weather


My thanks to a photographer friend who has many years

more experience than I and was able to capture several
different images for us. I’ve learned over the last few years
that it’s definitely much harder to capture images of your
own family. – Photo Courtesy of Image Photography.

Enjoying the Warm Fall Weather
By Allan Olson
The weather outside was not frightful – in fact it was rather delightful this past weekend, Saturday had perfect temperatures in the low 70’s and I pushed up those windows early in the morning and hit the kill mode on the furnace. While I had hoped to spend the day geocaching the plans were vetoed and we stayed close to home – after I had already made a run into Cass Lake and back.
That afternoon I decided to make a run to dump garbage and Nikolai and I went on a ride on the backroads I had the windows down and enjoyed the breeze as we traveled slowly on the forest road listening to an audio book. If I had bothered to get a hun
ting license I would’ve taken a walk on a couple trails looking for a grouse or two – instead I did my hunting with my Canon – shooting only fall colors and other scenes of nature. I was hoping that just maybe I would get a shot of some wildlife but it wasn’t meant to be. We were gone only about 90 minutes, but it was a peaceful time. When I returned home I found my book that I’ve been slowly reading and headed to the backyard to read in the warm fall breeze. Marcus and Alivia decided to enjoy the outdoors also and grabbed a couple racks and took turns jumping in the leaves and burying each other in the pile. I decided that I needed a turn so I laid down in their pile and they buried me from toe to neck in the leaf pile and then we had a leaf fight.
It was soon time to go in the house and find some food and enjoy the rest of the evening which ended by playing a game of skip-bo with the whole family. Nikolai and my wife found themselves on the winning end of the game and the rest of us were close behind but we were still the losers.
Sunday morning we got up early – we had a professional photographer friend coming out to try and get some family shots for us. We did some cleaning and a little baking and he was arrived in plenty of time to take some great shots in the morning sun. Try as we might – over the last couple years our “family photos” haven’t been as good as we liked so we thought we would try this route instead. With his expertise, he was able to capture a great family image as well as a few other images for the family. After the photo shoot we decided to have some down time before the rest of our plans for the day – a trip to Bagley to play with the ponies.
The afternoon went by in a blur as we arrived at our friend’s house about 2 p.m. and spent the next couple hours letting the kids groom and ride horses. Abigail set to work on combing a horses mane and tail while the others helped get the tack ready and doing some other brushing on a pony. Soon it was time to saddle up and all of them were eager to climb aboard and did so with little effort.
Then my wife decided that she was going to ride the horse –something she hadn’t done in many years, so after her ride I decided that if they can all do it – so can I. So for the first time that I’m aware of I climbed on a full sized horse and after some instructions, we went for a walk up and down the driveway and around the yard. I was honestly a little apprehensive at first, but once I got settled in – it wasn’t too bad. I still couldn’t imagine galloping across a field on a horse but supposedly it’s not as uncomfortable as I think.
In all it was a well-rounded weekend with a large majority of it spent enjoying the fresh air and since we forgot to make supper plans prior to leaving the house on Sunday night we settled on grabbing some take and bake pizza.
Please remember to watch out for the buses that are carrying our most precious cargo. Also snap a photo or two to preserve a lifetime of memories. Thanks for reading, and have a great week! Feel free to drop me a line at cltimes1@arvig.net or stop by the office for a visit.



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