10/20/08 – Friends joined us this past weekend for fall-themed festivities: we unleashed our creativity on cut-out cookies (the Halloween theme around here includes moose, bats, and trees of all colors), covered apples with homemade caramel, went for a sauna and a swim, and generally had a rollicking good time. Wish you were here!

Caitlin dresses a “forest” cookie in autumn hues – I think that’s a tamarack she’s working on.

The Oktoberfest crew shows off our handiwork: more than a dozen beautifully decorated apples, and cookies too many to count (especially since they’re nearly gone already!). Summer crew members Marc LeVoir and Jessa Wallendal and friend Jeanne Rysdahl contributed to this smorgasbord.

Documentation complete, Liz prepares to dig into a caramel apple that was dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled with pumpkins and bats. – Molly.