Another Sunday Morning Post

Two cold nights in a row here in the Mountains. Both days there was a frost warning, but the low was expected to be 31 or 30 F. Instead it got down to 26 early Saturday morning and 23 early Sunday morning. However the temperatures get up to a mild 65 by the afternoon...making for more of that perfect October weather.

Foliage is near peak on the Blue Ridge Parkway and working its way down to the lower elevations. We are at about 2600 ft and the best colors are supposed to be in about 2 weeks. A lot of the maples are already turning though. This red maple by the silo on the farm behind us is quite striking in person.

If you look closely you can see a tractor working the upper field. Corn was harvested last week and the farmer was discing this morning.

The dogs are absolutely loving the weather. They are spastic on their morning and evening walks. Bear in particular seems to become a lot more wolf-like when the weather turns cold...watching every blade of grass move and listening to every crunching leaf in the forest. He knows all those little mammals he loves to snack on will hibernate soon and he better enjoy them now before the winter sets in.