p1010281_3p1010285_1These two pictures are some of our autumn bounty just from today! Last spring, Jared planted heirloom carrots, and 4 1/2 months later, we got these beauts! They are tasty too! On the way home from the aquarium today, JJ and I picked up leaves, and then grabbed these carrots out of the ground from our backyard community garden. I like the red ones best, but the yellow one in the middle is fun too because it looks like two carrots got together for a little party!

JJ's cross-eyed view is a close up of a chestnut. Big trees grow throughout Capitol Hill, and we picked up all of these, via flashlight, at Miller Park tonight. JJ had his plastic pumpkin bucket and we scoured the joint. It was really dark and difficult to see, so when our lights hit something shiny, we cheered and stuck it in the pumpkin head. Unfortunately, the flavor of our chestnuts was not stellar.....but they did smell good as they were roasting (as the Christmas song implies), and a bowl of them on our dining room table makes our home feel festive. Next year, I vote "yay" for heirloom carrots in our garden and "nay" for locally foraged chestnuts.