We've enjoyed the loveliest warm fall that anyone can remember in a long, long time. Lately we've had hard frost overnight, but it mostly warms up during the day. Tomorrow the high will be 63 degrees, and then the cold moves in. Wednesday's high temperature is supposed to be 15 degrees. The high! And that night's low will be 9. Goodness! What a change.

I was keeping the house cold to save on propane, but decided life is too short, so it's warmer, but still on the cool side by most peoples' standard - around 61 degrees.

Here is the river from a couple of years ago:


This is last week:


It hasn't changed a lot from the flood.

Our neighbor down stream has just listed his vacant land for sale. They own the land that a lot of our driveway is on, but they can't restrict our access. Still, it's a worry as to what the new owners will do with that land. It's mostly vertical - no obvious building site - but people are so determined these days: they just throw a bunch of money at it and miraculously perch some giant mountain palace in the oddest places.