Yes, winter is approaching in Florida. You can tell by the brown patches of lawn and the dead stuff along the creek behind my house. This part of the lawn is not actually my backyard but the easement behind it so I don't spend money on grass seed for it. At any rate, I had my tree trimmed yesterday and feel as if I opened the whole world into my life. My total privacy is gone! I can see the houses on the other side of the creek, and no doubt they can see me. It needed to be done. The branches had dropped to less than four feet off the ground in places. It may not look like it here, but the canopy is now at least 15 feet off the ground. It is a huge, old tree.

This time of year, my CG Auxiliary activity slows down. I can catch up on things and even paint. Yesterday (?) I painted a non-religious Christmas card especially for my friends here on MyBloggers. I had Christmas cards made up for my personal use but the image is religious, so I wanted a non-religious one. Now, I am wondering if I should get some of them printed too. My original intention was just to use it as a digital file to post here and on Facebook, but so many of my friends are either atheist or agnostic that after reading so many of Randy's posts I am wondering if the religious art offends some of my friends. Will have to think about that.