Fall: Back into the Groove

Here are some pix from when Grandma was here. The top is Jake and Gram in the yard on Halloween night right before we went trick or treating. Gram is our neighbor, and was an adorable cowboy. (And Jake, of course, refused his costumes, but as you can see was in quite good humor about it.)

Not much new to report today. Am too tired from my travels and work deadlines! Once I got back from Boston, I needed to get my new syllabus together and posted session by session on the university intranet so that students can start bidding on classes. Got that done yesterday. And got some early compliments on it from my invited guest speakers. That was nice!

Also, since the weather has been so balmy (76 today!) for early November, we've been spending a lot of time outside. We've had about 4 out of 6 meals out in the past 3 days, including a great dinner on the downtown mall in the dark last night. Today Jake and I emerged from the main library downtown with about 30 books and then hiked through a field to visit some horses at a nearby vineyard. He kept repeating "Bye, horsies!" all the way home.

Our leaves are now about 80% down and are covering every inch of our yard. Mike needs some help with the gutters. I'm hoping tomorrow the weather won't be as nice so I can turn my attention to the inside of the house, which looks like a cyclone hit it. Yikes!