Fall officially arrived this week. The leaves on the trees have started to turn colors and drop. It's cooler in the morning following much cooler temperatures overnight and it's dark when I drive to work in the morning. It's still light when I come home from work and there are few hours of daylight in the evening to get outside so we cram outside duties in right after dinner.
Ginger Gold and Honeycrisp apples are transformed into pies or just sliced and eaten. There will be more trips to the orchard before the season ends. Our final harvest from the garden included five neck pumpkins. One will be roasted in the oven and canned for use over winter and others will be given away. Kale and three kohlrabi plants are still in the garden but the rest has been cleaned up and put to bed for winter. There's lots of weeding to do in the asparagus bed and the front flower bed but first frost will probably hit the weeds before I get them all pulled.
Last November Mr P had major surgery and because he was very limited in what he could do physically, our firewood supply was depleted almost when winter started (remember that horrible winter of ice, snow and cold temps?). We have been working together to replenish or supply. He wields the chainsaw, and we share the splitting and stacking duties working to get enough for this winter season.
Chance was a talker and left us know when she was ready to eat at 5AM in the morning. She was a constant presence these last six months in her favorite spot under the table in the kitchen. The house is quiet without her.
I have off work tomorrow and there may be a trip to a fair. There's a yard sale on Saturday too.
Enjoy the upcoming weekend.
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