This is a water tower, one of many in the Cher River valley near where we live. I took the photo in the fall of 2013, I think.
Today is the last day of fall here in the northern hemisphere. The days have stopped getting shorter and after a brief pause, they'll start adding daylight, a minute or so each day for a while. Hardly perceptible at first, but if you look closely, you'll see it.
Shopping, cooking, running errands. And now it's raining.
There's also no stress. We're not having any guests, not going out at all (except for said errands).
When it's foggy outside (like it's ever foggy inside), the fog condenses on the vineyard's guide wires and other surfaces. We've seen lots of fog in recent weeks. It often does the same thing on our wrought iron deck railing.
The coming weekend is a big one before the holidays. We have a few food traditions we enjoy this time of year, not the least of which is cheese fondue on Christmas Eve. Yum!
This is part of an allée of poplars that separates the property of two of our neighbors. When the neighbors are away, we sometimes walk though with Tasha. The neighbors know we do it. One of them, in fact, once asked us to keep and eye out if we could. Somebody once stole some planting stakes and things from her vegetable garden while she and her husband were away many years ago.
I'll try to get some photos of the lights I strung on the deck. It's certainly not anything elaborate, but I enjoy having them. Ho, ho, ho!
This is more or less the same view as yesterday's photo. The only difference is the snow. I'm reminded how pretty it can be. We haven't seen snow like this in a while. And none is forecast any time soon. Too bad; I'd kind of like to see some. That falls under the category called "Be careful what you wish for."
I gave up on untangling the holiday lights yesterday. I let them beat me. I did pretty well, but after an hour or more, I just couldn't go on. Fortunately, I was able to get another string untangled (it was put away more carefully) and hung on the deck railing. Jingle bells.
The mornings are getting cold again. They're not quite as cold as this morning was back in 2013 (you can see our Callie sniffing around on the frosty ground). The weather people are again predicting a warm-up (afternoon highs) for the coming week.
I got the holiday lights out yesterday. I somehow got them into a frustrating jumble. Fixing that will be one of my tasks for the day.
