We've had a couple of cool days, yet sunny. Fall is around the corner. I love the fall season in Maine. County fairs, apple picking, cider, foliage. But before I say "Hello" to fall I had to post about my big Summer project(s). Here is one of them. My husband and I stained our back deck (it's huge-12X24). After nine years I finally have brand new patio furniture for my deck so we had to stain the deck! My husband even got me three star gazer lilies for my birthday. The kids and I enjoyed many lunches and a couple of family dinners on our new patio furniture this summer.  I could be found saying the following several times this summer: "Any evening when I can sit out on my patio and have dinner as a family is like heaven to me!"