One can tell that we are moving toward the autumn in northern Minnesota. As we were walking this morning, we spied a couple of trees with a few yellow leaves. Even though the days are still fairly warm and humid, the overnight temps have been cooling down.

Right after breakfast, John and I headed off to Bemidji and the Home Depot. Our goal was to make the final decision on tile for our new back splash. After looking at several different colors and trying out a few patterns, we made our choice. John loaded all the tile into our cart, we checked out, and hit the road home.

This afternoon John did some work in the shop. JD and his family are at the wholesale market and he left John a list of parts and product that need to be made while he's gone. When John was done in the shop, we spent our afternoon measuring and laying out the tiles trying to work out a design that we like and would work in the space we needed to fill. We think we have found something that will work, but we'll check it out again tomorrow.