We've had some rain in the past couple of days, and I've been watching the snowline on the mountains across the lake. I think we're at about 600 meters elevation and the snowline is about 1400 meters, so we're not that far below the snow. It's been cooler the past few days although we haven't had anything below freezing so far. I think +5C has been about the lowest we've seen. Leaves have been turning color, although the larches haven't started just yet. Once they do, we're planning a hike into the alpine to enjoy them.
Our Pileated Woodpecker is back, making lots of noise and exploring some of the dead trees in the area. The black bears are prowling around and we've seen their poop on the road in our subdivision and in the woods just outside our fence. It will be interesting to see if the fence keeps the bears out, although I suppose you'll never know if the fence kept them out or if they just didn't have sufficient reason to try to get in. We've been trying to keep interesting items out of the compost pile so my compost worms are getting extra rations these days.
Our activities outside have definitely started to recognize the change of season: harvesting the garden, Catherine busy transplanting perennials, getting things closed up, painted, cleaned up and ready for whatever we get for winter this year.
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