Efterårsfarver, larver og Halloween forberedelser / Fall colors, larvae and Halloween preparations

Mandag var der så mange oplevelser, at det nærmest rækker for 2 dage..... Da børnene var i skole og manden på arbejde, tog Sara og jeg til Lake George for  at se på blade. Efteråret er nemlig meget, meget flot herovre.
Vi tog en tur med båd, 2 timer op og ned ad søen til lunch buffet og musiker (el-orgel og rytmeboks. Need I say more?).
Farverne var helt utroligt smukke at kigge ud på, og da det er et eftertragtet område, lå der det ene store palæ ned til søen efter det andet. Sommerhuse, altså.

Monday had so many things coming, that it was like 2 days...... When the kids were at school and the husband at work, Sara and I went to Lake George to see some leaves. Fall is extremely pretty over here.
We went by boat for 2 hours, up and down the lake while having lunch buffet while a musician played and explained about the views.
The colors were so beautiful to look at, and since it is a very attractive area, there was one mansion after the other close by the lake. Summerhouses, you know.....

Nogle steder var hele områder af bjerget orange pga. bladene. I kan nok lige skimte det her. Søen er gigantisk, og vi sejlede vist ikke mere end til midt på søen, selv om det tog en time hver vej.
Dejlig, dejlig tur!
På vej hjem var der lige tid til lidt power-shopping af nye jeans fra et outlet. Bukser til det næste år på 15 minutter!

Some places, the mountain-side was orange because of these leaves. I think you can see sort of what it looked like. The see is huge, and I guess we only went halfway, although we sailed for an hour each way. Wonderful cruise!
On the way home there was a little time for power-shopping of new jeans from an outlet. Pants for all of next year in 15 minutes!

I en sjov butik i Saratoga (en hestevæddeløbsby som vi også kom igennem) købte jeg de her lækre snacks. Det værste? Børnene nægtede at smage, før jeg selv havde spist en.....
Selv om man kunne tælle benene, smagte de af et enkelt knas og krydderier. Ikke af særlig meget. Jeg fik da også børnene til at smage. Alle 3! (De fik en lakrids af deres mor pr. larve.....)

In a fun store in Saratoga (a horse race town that we passed too), I bought these delicious snacks. The worst part? The kids refused tasting them before I had started......
Even though you could count the legs, they tasted like a single crunch and spices. Not much. I did get all the kids to taste them as well. (They got 1 piece of candy from their mum for each larva......)

Da det snart er halloween, skulle vi også ud at se på kostumer. Det blev en fornøjelig halv time i en halloween-butik, der havde alt, hvad hjertet begærer. Til voksne og børn i alle størrelser. Jeg elsker sådan nogle butikker! (Og fik nye øreringe)
Hr. Gru hang (meget passende?) blandt de allermest skræmmende masker i butikken.

Since Halloween is coming up, we went shopping for costumes. It was a fun 30 minutes in a Halloween-shop with everything you could ever wish for. For adults and all sizes of kids. I love these kinds of stores! (and got new earrings)
Mr. Gru was hanging (very fitting?) among the most scary masks in the entire shop.

Og her ser I så den nye Ninja! Imponerende, hvad der kan være i sådan en pakke kostume...... De andre blev suppleret lidt til det, de havde i forvejen.
Hvad vi skal lave i dag, aner jeg ikke. Vi nåede jo samtlige planer i går! Men jeg tror, det bliver en dejlig dag igen.

And here is the new Ninja! Impressive what a bag of costume can hold...... The others had a bit to supplement the costumes they already had.
What we will be doing today, I don't know. We did everything yesterday! But I think it will be a very nice day again.