I believe this was the peak for the fall colors. It was a gorgeous weekend with temperatures of 70, 40, and a breezy 60 Saturday. We also had rain during the week, so the rain barrels were full. This is a picture of one of the bare root dogwoods we planted when we first bought the place. All in all a very relaxing weekend.
Lop/Cut Scrubs
Sally got a bit upset with me for cutting the persimmon, elm, and another unknown variety of tree growing along the edge of the bluff out back. I think it looks better without them, but she says it just means you see more of the roof of the barn. Anyway, I did some Friday and more Saturday. I now have a big pile of limbs to burn.
Pond Walk
We hiked to the pond Saturday morning (leaving Tender at the house) and got this picture with a nice reflection in the pond. I presume that is a maple up on the hill standing out from the crowd.
Garden
Sally picked some kale and chard, but not much. She did empty one rain barrel on the garden, in spite of it being fairly moist to start with. I weeded the back corner -- tackling the bermudah and mint. We then doused the outer edge (where both start) with vinegar. This late in the year and both are still growing.
Walnuts
Stomped, rolled and picked up another bucket of walnuts. I do wish there were still hullers close by. The paper said this is a bumper year, and that last year was one of the worst in decades.
Sudoku
We just had one challenge, and Sally beat me handily.
Return via Shortcut
Sally wanted to return via the dirt road through the Madison County Wildlife Management area. The hunters are already out, bow season I guess. The Warm Fork was running, so we got this shot where the road crosses the creek.
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