First Saturday in October

Let's see...

• Rearranged back deck for firewood stacks
• Drove Mary out Hwy 49 for playdate with a friend
• Jonathan & I then swung by Home Depot for blower
• Drove Jonathan over to friend's to swim

Everything seemed painfully beautiful today.  A huge dog ambling over to make acquaintance, dirt roads and pygmy goats, bald gold hills punctured by "tombstones", and when birds flushed they rose in grand slow motion.  Too dear!

Our community now has a grocery store.  The Gold Rush era train station converted to a market.

Mary didn't come home until 8pm, overexcited.  They hit a deer with the car just moments before!  She'd spent the morning "sitting in a chicken coop" playing with chicks, the afternoon at the fairgrounds where she caught a fish, and generally had a grand time.

The playmate's mom came in, regaled me with stories, and proved to be a hoot.