We were up and out for a walk bright and early this morning. The rains had stopped Saturday night, so the road had a chance to dry out a little so we weren't walking through puddles or mud.

John again spent the morning working in the shop assembling more tables. While he was busy down there, I started cleaning out some drawers and closets. It is amazing how much "stuff" one accumulates every year. Matt stopped over to look through the photos I took of the basketball games. Sara is going to write an article for the local newspaper and he wanted to put some pictures with it. After sorting through my many shots, we settled on four that we thought showed all the players.

After lunch, John got the riding lawn mower started and bagged up all the leaves we had raked last night. It was great that we had no wind today-- the leaves stayed right where we piled them. The back yard looks so nice with all the leaves off the ground and the grass greening up. John dumped all the leaves on his garden and then he tilled them into the dirt. He says his garden soil looks very good (whatever that means). We hope to start planting potatoes and onions next week.