Soon I’ll be heading out to meet my friends at the mailbox, but these days I have a little extra time to have coffee, and maybe write a blog post before I go. We’ve had to push our walk back to 8:30 because it’s still so dark at 7:30… You might think that that is depressing, but I find it kind of cozy. This is when I bring out my bright orange pillows, set out a few candles, and start thinking about having fires in the fireplace.

I’m going to enjoy every single minute of this beautiful season.

…or is that winter preparations?

We’re having the most gloriously warm and sunny autumn this year. There’s hardly any rain to speak of, lots of colourful leaves, and amazing light.

Every time I go out into the yard with full intentions to clean up flower beds, I somehow never get to them… photos happen instead.

So yesterday hubby coaxed me outside, and after I spent a half hour playing, he managed to get me to clean up the two front beds. Progress.

He was busy blowing leaves off the roof, lawn and driveway, and then he roto-tilled the garden.

Today I have three more flower beds to clean up, four autumn bulbs to plant, and I’m done. It’s a cozy, familiar feeling when the yard is all tidied up for winter. Now we just wait…