Preparing for WINTER....TOO LATE!

My goodness...WINTER...how is it YOU fooled us...

sneaking in and interfering with one of the nicest FALL SEASONS

we have experienced in awhile...

We almost didn't get the "hoses" in on time...

Icecles tumbled out...as Garvin wrapped them up for the winter...

Nice size to add to soda or lemonade...

Well...some things we didn't get to... fast enough...

Hmmm..."broken pipes" have

been our nemisis this year!

We are LEARNING FAST... what the consequences are...

when not paying attention to such matters...):

Opps! I was wondering why I heard "rushing" water

going..."somewhere"...

Fortunately...this one didn't FLOOD US OUT

like it did earlier in the year...

OK...mixed messages here...

Dark clouds...and the SUN SHINING!

Perhaps...my little friend here was giving us a "sign"

that there was more to come?

Ah...huh...

Our first "skeef" of snow - HALLOWEEN!

What a trick! Was not a TREAT!

It is here....WINTER....is HERE!

(front yard)

Back deck...

I took this picture from our bedroom window

Yes...INSIDE the HOUSE!

(I wasn't in the mood to deal with 21 degrees...)

At all possible, today, the car will stay right where it is...

In the meantime...

I am relishing my FALL decorations

INSIDE the HOUSE...

and a nice WARM FIRE in the wood stove!

YES!