A new warm spell

High temperatures are moving upward again and will continue to into next week. The mornings are chilly -- it's about 8ºC outside this morning -- but we're expecting a high in the low 20s this afternoon. It's also quite dry, with no rain predicted in the next week.

This field, tinted gold by the rising sun, was a vineyard about two years ago. I don't know when, or if, it will be replanted.

Cloudless sunrises, like this one, are the norm at the moment. The grape harvest seems to be done now, at least in the vineyards around us. Still, activity continues. Workers are plowing up weeds between the vines in preparation for winter. Pruning will probably start soon.