On Fall

This once was a pepper plant!

Fall is coming.

Thank Goodness!

The sun no longer shines in my North facing windows.

The days are shorter.

That does not mean it is much cooler.

In the 80F's instead of the 90F's 

and quite humid.

We officially had 4 1/2 inches of rain in August 

that's at the airport far north of here.

The weather changes every 20 miles or so.

South of the Missouri river is different from the north (where the airport is.)

South of I-70 the same.

I live nearly into the next county I'm so far south.

I don't think the airport is much of a match

 but it's the "official" site for measuring such things.

At any rate we are still down 3 inches for the year.

Fall is typically dry but these days

 I don't think there is such a thing a typical weather.

One of many piles of tree branches dealt with.

While there was rain the fly population went into hiding.

It has returned and I am back to being a mass murderer.

I'm also dumping the potted veggies.

They look pretty sick.

Then, I'm turning the pot upside down in the Hosta garden

to keep little miss Quinn from digging and lying in the dirt.

She had unearthed part of the roots of one plant!

 No more of that!

I have several maple trees here,

It seems that their branches grow out a long way

 and then take a sharp turn 

towards the ground.

The one in the front had gotten so bad

 that I was ducking tree branches walking to the mail box! 

 Not to mention the branches caught in the door of the truck!

So last week,

I took the little chain saw on a pole out and cut down

branches-at the tree.

(Discovered I have a couple of more that need it since.)

Then I hauled the branches to the backyard.

I've been going out for a bit each day

Clipping off the leaves and smaller branches into yard waste bags.

I finished that this morning.

I still need to cut up the bigger pieces and tie them into a bundle for pickup.

Then I will deal with those that I missed.

Soon there will be leaves to rake.

Grass to rake and overseed.

Every season has it's own chores.

Fall chores have begun.

Still,

FALL IS COMING!