Snakes and Leaves. It Must be Autumn!

We’ve had wonderful rain around here, at last. The soil and plants are so happy. Water is awesome.

I love rainy weather, especially when it’s cold. Sweaters, scarves, gloves… for me they trump constant sun and heat anytime. I like my hot weather in short bits.

Due to our recent time out of town earlier this month, the leaves in our yard got a huge head start on us. We came back to half-empty trees and leaves covering every inch of the front yard, side yard, sidewalk and several inches of the st...