fall on noyvecheremushkinskaya, dom 50

we are getting to experience the most beautiful fall here that we have ever seen! sure, it's middle-of-the-night dark by 5pm these days, but the days lately have been in the high 30's, crisp, blue skies, gorgeous. the other falls we have had here have been a bit shorter, so this long fall has given the leaves a chance to change outside, and we are all loving the colorful palate!

a busy season for me and tim has ended (retreats every other weekend for 8 weeks and both or one of us leading other events on the in between weekends), and although we still have plenty going on, our pace has slowed a little bit which is a welcome change.

tim is in the midst of "no shave november" at hinkson (guys only)...10 other students and staff have joined him on this male bonding experience, and they are taking weekly group pictures to chronicle the event.

bella notte is this weekend, too. bella notte is a twice a year musical that the students at hinkson put on. this falls bella notte is a musical montage walk through the history of music in the united states...and tim is playing djembe in it!
and i have the joy of being with silas and other friends during the days lately, and with high school girls everyday after school - it's a honor to get to walk through these season of these girls lives with them.

last weekend was the hinkson fall festival, and it was a very fun time. we had to have the pumpkin patch inside this year because last year when it was outside many of the pumpkins froze and were unusable. silas was not sure what to think of the 60 pound pumpkins at first, but he warmed up to them...

now that it is getting colder, silas is out and about in his snow suit, learning to maneuver in all that insulation...it is pretty funny watching him shuffle about in it.

silas and kai and i outside our apartment...its about 4:30pm in this pic.