Fall in Illinois

Now that I am officially done lecturing in my Intro Bio course I feel like I can take a deep breath and enjoy what is left of the fall.  The last few days have been yucky and rainy but the sun came out for a few hours this morning.  We got to see the sun on the beautiful maple tree in our backyard.  Here Cali is watching me while I take a picture of it, probably wondering what the heck I was doing.  My next plan is to go to the grocery store and get all the stuff I need to make pumpkin cream cheese muffins and tomato parmesan soup for tomorrow!