Last night was International Observe the Moon night but the big astronomical news this week was the fall equinox. The sun rose due east and is heading south fast. At one point it imitated Saturn with a ring, and then surprised everybody with a mini heat wave.
Fall yard work is underway. The pond plants get cut back, repositioned, or hibernated in the bog. The Pond Girl becomes a rock star. The Ladder Guy was up there to fix a barn door and to then reunite with the chain saw. Later, both feasted on roast harvest veggies.
Animal life is also active. Last night a young fox leaned on our front window ----- just curious or smelling the bbq? Despite earlier disappearance, fish and frogs are now back and multiplying! The usual furbags always show up at the morning feeder buffet. And this week's rare sighting is the red-breasted nuthatch, shuttling to the feeder from the woods.
Right on cue, the leaves have started the annual colour festival. Not 100% yet but very flashy on every bend in the road. Which of these pix are from up here on the hill?
Summer has departed and so has the Solara we called Sunny, more red than autumn maple leaves. A very wrenching decision, but it was bought sight unseen by a gobsmacked guy in Nova Scotia. We delivered Sunny to Canada's biggest shipping yard where the crew raved and pampered it. Maybe we'll visit it in Cape Breton?
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