Fall Decorations

Today is just a quick post but I thought I would share our fall decorations! We always enjoy decorating for the holidays and I enjoy seeing how other people decorate as well!

Previous years of fall decorating:

2019

2015

Do you enjoy decorating for fall?

Norfolk Botanical Garden

This was, sadly, our last visit to the Norfolk Botanical Garden. We had hoped to get a couple more visits in before we moved but it was just too hot and humid to get out and go for a walk. We were able to see all of the crepe myrtle trees in bloom which were really pretty!

We also got to see the wildflower garden, southern magnolias, and the butterfly garden! The butterfly garden is an enclosed garden that was closed last summer, so it was nice to be able to see it this year. They had a bunch of monarch caterpillars which were interesting to see! 

I only was able to get 2 pictures of the butterflies because they just wouldn't land long enough for me to photograph them!

Did you visit any gardens this past spring or summer?

Friday Favorites

Hello and welcome to my Friday Favorites! Today I am linking up with Andrea!

1. A few weeks ago I made some raspberry sauce and a white almond cake with raspberry curd filling! It was delicious! We had a 5-pound bag of raspberries that had thawed and then refrozen, which resulted in a 5-pound frozen solid block of berries that wouldn't come apart. We had intended on using them for smoothies, but that wasn't going to work any more so I managed to get some of it apart and made the sauce and curd with it. It worked out really well! 

2. I picked these flowers up from Trader Joe's for the month. I was glad to find some that were kind of fall-colored!

3. On Wednesday, my mom and I drove up to the DuPont State Recreational Forest to go hiking. We hiked the Triple Falls hike again, but this time managed to find Hooker falls (which we missed last time because the trail head was across the parking lot and not attached to the main trail like we thought it was.) We also hiked to another waterfall, Bridal Veil falls. So we saw a total of 4 waterfalls on our hike!

We had hoped the trees would be a little more colorful but it's still a little early to see the fall colors here. I found another hike I want to do soon when the fall colors have reached their peak.

We hiked a total of either 8.3 or 8.8 miles depending on which phone you looked at. (Not sure why there was a discrepancy since we were together the whole time.) Anyways, it was a long hike with a lot of very steep uphill hiking. I should probably start playing around with the AllTrails app since I think it tracks elevation gain and stuff? I'm not sure but I'll have to check into it more. I've used it to find trails but that's about it so far.

I have a lot more pictures to share but here are a few I took on my phone.

Hooker Falls.

Triple Falls.

High Falls.

Bridal Veil Falls.

4. In case you missed it, on Monday I shared our visit to the Norfolk Botanical garden to see the roses and Washed Ashore exhibit, and on Wednesday I shared my September Photo A Day pictures!

Hope you have a great weekend!