We have had several days here in the Great Northeast when that bright yaller thing has been hanging in the crystal blue sky (nahh, not poetic). My 100' oak trees, and luckily no acorns this year, finally decided to start dropping their leaves - and of course, the day after I finished doing the maple leaves. Lots of little 'niggler' jobs before the snows fly

Picked up the wife's new wheels yesterday(Friday), a 2012 Ford Fusion. Really nice car and at least a good gas mileage offset from my truck. The dash 'Lie-ometer' said 32mpg on the way home.

Last evening, today and tomorrow, been and will be helping the local politicians get reelected by doing a literature drop through the town. Our town actually has a very strong ethics code, so these folks are (as pols go!!) honest and pretty decent people.