Fall at last!

I'm sitting out on the back patio in the shade and actually NEED my new shawl! 61F according to my iPhone. Time to switch from ice water to hot tea. Oh glorious cool weather, at last. Predicted to be only 77F today! Might even have a thunderstorm tomorrow. Fall, winter and spring are really delightful here in SoCal, and the three digit temperature summers are something you get used to, like hard winters back east, minus the shoveling.

Refilled the hummingbird feeder the other day and having lots of visitors this morning. The new pump in the koi pond really makes a loud, rushing waterfall. The pond lilies took over the pond this summer and are just now beginning to die off and thin out. I fear the heron has been back to dine; I don't see some of my favorite fish. Why the hell doesn't it eat the ugly, cheap ones???

There's just enough breeze to softly stir the windchimes. That's all pretty idyllic, but for the devastation of the lawn and flowerbeds by certain four legged cretins. I need to fill the beds with something with thorns. At least they leave the rose bushes alone.

Back to work now. Much to do.