Today you could almost feel winter coming--the morning was cloudy and cool with a few sprinkles. The skies became partly sunny by noon, but the temps only reached the mid 50's and with a strong breeze, it felt rather chilly.

John and Matt left around 8 a.m. get some more work done on the deck. They were able to get the steps and top railing completed, but were short some lumber and have to wait until Monday to get it finished. The bow hunting season for deer starts tomorrow, so Matt wanted to quit early anyway as he has a fellow hunter coming up from the cities to spend the weekend hunting.

Since John was home early, we decided to start tackling our list of fall jobs. First on the list was clearing off the screened porch. We bagged up all the cushions, rolled up the carpets, and placed everything in the storage trailer. The hanging planters were pretty much done, so we emptied them out and cleaned up the pots. Our big planters still look very nice, so we'll let them go until we return from our trip unless they get hit with frost some time over the next few nights. Porch and deck ready for winter--one job down and several more to go.




I took a little time this afternoon to run into the library to return some books and picked up a new mystery that had just come in. From there I headed over to the grocery store for a couple of items; hopefully we won't have to pick up anything else and will use up what we have on hand before we leave next week.

Following supper, we spent a quiet evening watching Twins baseball, reading, and doing some computer work.