We had a nice relaxing weekend. No real long rides (somewhat weather dependent). We have just been doing so much on weekends that it was nice to kick back at home and get stuff done!
I was quite productive on Sunday, though. We did manage to bike 12 miles round trip to breakfast today to Orange Cat.
I had a gluten-free cinnamon raisin bagel.
We did some grocery shopping today and the store had carving pumpkins on sale for $3.99 each! That is an awesome bargain as normally you pay by the pound and we got 2 giant pumpkins to carve. Look how big:
It dwarfs the gallon of milk! These would have been $12 pumpkins easily. I may have to get another one this week as I love carving.
I settled in for some batch cooking after lunch, which included a feta cheese omelet and grapes!
Things that were made this weekend:
Gluten-free pumpkin scones (recipe coming)
Pumpkin Granola
Alton Brown’s Easy Brown Rice:
Coffee roasting:
Dang! When we don’t pack our weekends with other stuff, it is amazing what can actually get done at home. I even vacuumed!
I also did some work. John made up lattes, which I had with one of my scones.
The fall colors are here. I thought you might enjoy some of the views on my walk this afternoon.
Burning bushes have one of my favorite fall colors – the bright pink.
I love this bright orange of the maples as well:
So beautiful and only lasts for such a short time!
Dinner time was Mexican. We cooked up some ground beef with somespices, salsa, and a little chilis in adobo sauce (hot!). Served on corn tortillas with some cheddar cheese, more salsa and a bit of sour cream. Yum! Salsa counts as a veggie, right? 
Note to self: Get light box out for pictures.
Football tonight and currently looking like I will be losing the picks for the week. Oh well, it was a good run while it lasted!
Pink item of the day. My cold weather jammies!
Love the photo of the beautiful fall foliage! And so happy that you’re enjoying a nice weekend, and getting in lots of biking this fall. Those scones look decadent, too – gotta bake something with pumpkin, and soon, over here!
Beautiful fall colors. Thank you for sharing!
We’re starting to see some fall colors here in Portland but not much yet.
Love your pictures. Fall is so beautiful! Your pumpkin scone also looks beautiful. I am looking forward to the recipe!!!
Salsa definitely counts as a vegetable serving. Or part of one! 🙂 I keep forgetting to count it and tomato sauce/paste. Little bits add up!
We got a two-fer on the pink–your slippers and the gorgeous burning bush! (I hope there’s no additional cost for that!)
All’s free on the blog – no charge (including my opinions)! 😀
Beautiful fall photos!
We have a few random yellow leaves here and there, but nothing like that! I love seeing the colors in your area. My dad lives in the Northeast, and it is amazing.
Great fall colours! We went to check them out yesterday in the rain…I felt so hearty!
Nice looking bagel and scone…looking forward to the recipe.
Congratulations to John on winning the picks this week. I am last in the pool I am in. 😀
Nice jammies!
Love the fall colors and the pumpkins – what a deal. I think it’s nice to have productive weekends and lazy weekends and busy workout weekends because it keeps them fresh and reminds you how nice they are and how nice the others are too 🙂
Love the fall pictures – my favorite season! and thanks for linking to the rice recipe – that looks much easier than doing it on the stovetop (I often mess up and let it burn on the bottom!) – I think I will cook up some rice and roast some beets at the same time today!
The rice recipe couldn’t be easier. I portion it out and freeze it afterwards as well.
I loved to be walking with you. I love fall colors, so beautiful and your pics are great.
The pumpkin scones look very very good.
Looks like you had a great weekend and can’t wait to see what you did with the pumpkin.
ooooooooooooh and CUE MISSING THE EAST COAST.
again 🙂
It’s a miracle – I can seeeeee (your blog) again! Guess my dumb internet provider took the weekend off from your URL? Crazy.
Pumpkin granola – no picture – did you like it? I’ve got the ingredients on hand (finally, it’s hard when you have to wait for someone else to grocery shop for you!) and am going to make it today. Fingers crossed it’s good, because in my mind, I’m already eating it!
Yay! I know you missed my blog LOL!
The granola I didn’t get a good picture of and I like it, but not love it, so the jury is out for a bit. It needs to be sweeter.
Our color is very dull and sparse. Too much rain and it eems like Irene knocked so many leaves down there aren’t that many to change. Forecasters saying another ‘Noreaster on it’s way midweek so we may be lucky to see much “Fall” at all this year.
Football picks. I can’t even talk about it.
I heard about the Noreaster as well. I am glad I got leaf peeping in this weekend. We also had tremendous winds Saturday, which blew off a lot of the leaves already.
Why does it just feel like winter in the northeast is going to be a doozy again?
Beautiful fall colors!!! Glad you got out to enjoy it before things get too cold. 🙂
Ahhh oh how I love the Fall colors! Ours are past peak now and with the crazy wind we’ve had, most are on the ground. Sad, so enjoy yours now for me!
Gluten-free pumpkin scones? Yes. Recipe. Need. Now!!
I love productive weekends at home. We’re always so darn busy that the house has been on hold for awhile now!
Hi Lori, oooh, gorgeous fall colors!!!!!!!! Great deal on the pumpkin! Productive weekends at home really are great. Look forward to your gluten free recipes! Have a great Monday.
Another picturesque recap of your weekend. So enjoyable.
We had great weather in Kansas and truly missed our bikes. It would have been perfect cycling weather.
By the way… I WON! I’m just too excited. 🙂
I saw the salsa comment & I always count that as a vegetable serving!
Bee on the road to UCLA & back with dental crap so just had to say I saw this early this morn but no time to write.
LOVE the pics Lori – yea, I miss autumn from when I loved back east! Man, you are one productive couple! Can you sen me a pumpkin scone pls!!! 😉 OK< some granola too! 🙂
I love weekends like that where I get tons of chores out of the way and have a little fun too!
The scones look delicious, can’t wait to see the recipe.
The Fall foliage is beautiful-just incredible colors.