The calendar says it is still summer for a day or two more, but you can't fool me. It's fall. It's been colder at night and the sun slants more and more. The blankets are finding their way back onto the bed. One night last week I made a hearty, hot soup for supper. Is there better proof than that that summer is over? I have started a long, slow process of putting the gardens to bed--more work, really, than getting the garden started. Gardening angels were with me yesterday because I went out and plucked the lavender flowers, just in time. Last night there was a frost. That doesn't really hurry up the bedtime rituals although it does leave certain plants looking a bit worse for wear. I like to take my time and spread the job out over a few months' time. I can pull up the cucumber plants and I can't say I'll miss them for a while (Mike and I were getting tired of cucumbers at every meal, even breakfast, anyway) but it's always good to have lavender.
On September 29, I had the closing on my condo. Everything that was not going to the buyers was out and packed in the ABF moving truck which had by the been taken over to the storage units. Don thought it would take him until Wednesday to finish packing the truck with the help of his son. It took him until late Thursday with Chris' help and mine. Kevin was supposed to help load as well but he was in a mountain bike accident and wrecked his shoulder the week before. That added driving him to doctor appointments to my to do list and dong some shopping for him plus jobs around the house that might need two functioning upper limbs. We stayed with Kevin on Friday night after the closing and then had a suite in an extended stay place for the coming week. This was the worst possible time to have to get a room because the prices balloon during leaf peeping season if you can even find a room at all. But it was close to the storage units where we were working and it was dog friendly. We ju
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