Since I'm babysitting my grandson all day tomorrow (Monday), I won't have time to blog, so I'm posting 3 days in a row! Actually, he's coming to my house this time which I like. I still have "attic" toys and games left over from not only my own kids, but my childhood "tinker toys" etc.! Plenty for Johnny to play with!

It's been a gloomy weekend--cool and wet. I did (and hopefully will) get a jog in yest. Got rained on, but no big deal. I tried to watch some Notre Dame football (I was born in South Bend and "grew up" with them), but soon got disinterested. So I decided it was a good time to clean out and defrost my 15 cubic foot freezer.

It was a 2 hour project, but worth the time and effort. I moved all the "old" foods to the top, discovering stuff I had forgotten about. Freezer jam 7 years old, for example! Corn 3 yrs old, etc. I sorted, gathered together, boxed up, rearranged everything, impressing only myself. I'm going to be eating a lot of green beans and asparagus this winter! Oh, and wild berries and slaw!

In the meantime, I'm still eating out of my garden. Here's a partial list of what's available: tomatoes, kale, chard, beets, carrots and parsnips, peppers, cabbage, brocolli. I'm waiting for a frost to sweeten the Brussels sprouts. Sweet potatoes are to be dug, but regular potatoes, onions and garlic are out and drying. My only failed crop was acorn squash. (??)

And peaches, apples, and pears, are abundant, not to mention persimmons and walnuts next month.

Canadian geese have been flying south--or maybe in circles. No Sandhill cranes yet, but Autumn is here. I have mixed feelings about this time of year.