I'm making this page for an online group I'm with called Gateway To Friendship.  Every month they have a competition where the members of the group send in a page with a certain theme.  This month's theme (September 03) is "Fall" but over here in England we call it Autumn so that's what this page is going to be about  :o)  This is the first time I've made a page like this so I hope I'm doing it right!!

I think my biggest childhood memory of Autumn is of time spent in my garden, watching our big, old, apple tree and waiting for the apples to be just right for picking. 

I remember being a small child and this big tree taking up most of our garden and the top of the tree seemed to grow into the clouds and beyond.  I used to try and climb up it 'cos I wanted to get to the top of it and get all the best apples but I could never climb past the first 2 branches! 

I remember the apples starting to fall off the tree at the start of Autumn and I used to go out every morning and evening to pick up the "windfall" apples, take them in to my mum who was always in the kitchen and she used to either bake something gorgeous with them or store them in big cardboard boxes ready for using during the rest of the year.

Autumn was always my favourite time of year as a child - all the leaves changing colour and being able to pick up the windfall apples knowing that I wouldn't have to wait for long until it was my birthday and I could have the honour of picking the very first apple off the tree.

I'm living with my hubby now and we don't have very much of a garden, just a 6 foot by 12 foot slab of concrete.  I really miss that big old apple tree.  Aaaah the memories!!  :o)

I've just found out that this page came in 2nd!  Woohoo!  Thank you to everyone who voted for me and congratulations to the other winners!