I’m sure this is my favorite month of the whole year. It’s a gradual reawakening of the senses. The leaves begin to turn, the farmer’s market is the picture of abundance, and the people have all gone back to work and school.  Not that anyone ever gets in my way I can duck in and out with the best of them.

Our deck is still a haven and it’s been a pleasure to actually watch the leaves turning in a gradual way.  Some years the weather has caused them to simply fall off the branches without ever giving us their beauty.

I was reminded what a cool woman I used to be when my sister got in a conversation about her “Car Hag” sister.  What feels like a thousand years ago I had a fabulous “sleeper” Camaro with just a few modifications?  I could hold my own “off the line”.

We will have the pleasure of dog sitting our neighbor’s lab in November. It occurred to me that it might be smart to do a “test” overnighter, not because of Jackson but the lovely Miss Vecchietta can be a bit much… Turns out they fell into a rhythm at once.   She was only a little bit of a brat, he didn’t care.

The “fjnine” challenges continue to keep me in the creative safe space, not sure what I’d do without this lovely and supportive group.

Pretty soon we’ll be closing up the deck for the winter, I think we’ll both miss it. See you next month