Nice crops, Bob and Jim! Despite the sometimes poor summer weather here, my gardens did ok. I almost never had to water the veg gardens! But we've had lows around freezing, so I basically only have peppers and tomatillos left for me now. murraysmom, I love your photo! I only put pumpkins out for decoration once because the bleeping squirrels devoured them in no time. :p

The bridge we cross every time we go to town was built in 1965. It has many wooden supports under it, so many that there is a log/debris jam every spring. Sometimes, they brings a backhoe out, and have to sit on the bridge, reach down over the edge with the backhoe and break up the blockages. This spring, a fisherman called the sheriff and reported damage under the bridge. Missing support, a truss is also broken. The MN Department of Transportation decided it can be open this year, but only one lane. They brought out a portable traffic signal. You sit right in the lane, when you are west-bound) while cars come towards you (slowly, thankfully). A nice fall day, though going under it is rather un-nerving. Next summer, we will be taking the longer way to town, they figure this will take 5 months to replace. Hopefully, this time around they will use metal and design a way to not have so many supports. The following year, they will replace the smaller bridge between this bridge and our house, so we will be taking the longer way to town for the next two years.

I took this photo on 10/21. Since then the winds have blown - gustily (is that a word?). Less than 1/3 of the leaves are left on the Autumn Blaze Maple. I am raking and piling them to shred them to put in the flower beds and vegetable garden.

What are they, Casey? I don't recognize them. So pretty! This mama and baby turkey came to visit yesterday. I'm a little concerned about them because it seems late in the year to have a baby this small. Plus they were all by themselves.