Gently Fall-ing

October 19, 2026Fall has settled in, as much as any season ever does. After one big cold front, we’ve had a lovely stretch of near-perfect days. Warm afternoons, cool mornings, not too hot, not too cold - Goldilocks would approve. I approve.Do you see the woman watching over us in these clouds as clearly as I do?We’ve had some clear, still mornings with gentle fog. We’ve had some amazing sunrises as the pinks and reds of cooler temperatures start to appear. I’m enjoying the dawn light again, but feeling the crunch of the late sunrise against my work schedule. I’m happy the time change is coming.(pro tip: move your schedule back 15 minutes a week starting a couple of weeks before the time change and it goes much easier!)Part of the cootie brigade.Coots, killdeer, and ring-billed gulls are my early morning companions now. The cootie flock has swelled to several hundred. Hearing their squeaky voices and watching them bob up and down makes me smile. Watching cooties skip across the water…