The cold front came through calmly leaving us with 3+ inches of very badly needed rain.  After mid-sixty morning temperatures the past couple of weeks, I had my coffee on the porch this morning in 46 degrees.  The creek in the hollow can be heard from the porch and the absent deer are once again eating their way through the forest and garden.

 Latest gathering of red peppers still coming in from the summer plants.  Peppers are fascinating with their odd shapes, indents, and metamorphosis of color.

I'm getting ready for my mother-in-law's visit.  Dot will be 90 years young in December so has decided to fly into Atlanta with her daughter-in-law and we'll celebrate her birthday and Cliff's 68th!!  This is her first visit to our place in the mountains.   She can hardly wait to see the wildlife and relax on the porch with the crazy hummingbirds darting overhead in their airshow. We've noticed the HBs are bulking up in size which is an indication that they are preparing to migrate. 

sitting on the chimes

They are drinking from the pineapple sage on the porch and I've seen them sipping from the morning glories in the garden.  We're hoping they won't head south until after Dot sees them.