Beautiful days in October have been a rare occasion!

2. close my eyes and breathe in the fall air in the morning

Done and I love it! Ah the fall air is crisp and fresh. And let's thank my neighbors in a beautifully ivy covered apartment building for putting their pumpkins out.

11. make an apple pie from scratch

And it was good....
I couldn't resist starting my "Sunday = baking day" a little early. I made my first apple pie last night and remarkably it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I have a very odd love-hate relationship with Martha Stewart and lately it's been more love (mainly because I've taken a hiatus from her crafts and just stuck to cooking). Homemade crust and amazing apples from a local orchard made this apple pie mouthwatering and completely delicious!

That's one more thing crossed off my list, several other things are in progress or just beginning, I think I'm off to a great start 1 month into fall. Two more months to go till the official start of winter and hopefully by Tuesday I'll have 1/3 of my list mostly completed.

GA Aquarium

High Museum

When I visited Atlanta on the latter part of my trip to see a few friends I stopped at the High Museum to test out my new security badge from the Milwaukee Art Museum and see if I could get in. Little did I know that my badge not only got me into the museum itself but into a Member Preview Day for their new Leonardo exhibit on his proposed bronze horse (hence the giant horse at the entrance above). It was an incredible exhibit complete with drawings and studies from Leonardo, sculptures & paintings from him, Donatello & Rustici and much more. If you're in the Atlanta area I highly recommend stopping by this exhibit, you will not be disappointed.
Above, an image from the contemporary gallery of the High Museum.

Wayfarer Hotel

While in Monroe for this wedding I had a few options for hotels. There was the Country Hearth Inn (driving by looked like a vacant deserted old Sleep Inn or something), the Motor Motel (I pictured the Bates hotel) and the Wayfarer Hotel, a cute boutique hotel in heart of the city. I obviously chose the latter. And it was amazing! The greatest bed in the entire world, firm but not too firm and perfect pillows that when I hit the bed fell instantly asleep. There were only 3 rooms, no front desk, and a small kitchen. It was an incredible room, beautiful hotel, with a sweet manager. If you are ever in Monroe, GA this is the place to stay!

34. Attend BK's wedding

Oh Monroe, GA. The first weekend this month I attended a friend's wedding in Monroe, Georgia. It was the first wedding of a friend's I've attended and while it was surprising I am truly happy for my friend and hope she has a lifetime of happiness.

Monroe is a very unique town in the middle of nowhere Georgia. I stayed at the best hotel I've been to which I will write about later. There's not much around Monroe, it's about an hour from Atlanta and an hour or more from anything else. But it was wonderfully picturesque and a cute location for a wedding.
The wedding was lovely, in the backyard of my friend's aunt's house. Beautiful ceremony under a trellis built by her brother who also presided over the ceremony. It was a small wedding of close family and friends and I was truly honored to be apart of it.

May your coffins be made of 100 year old oak;

And may you plant that tree, together, tomorrow.

BK + MB

3 Oct 2009