Time to put up the hunting blinds after a very warm first half of fall. We only just fired up the wood stove Thursday, Nov. 21. Chris, Tracy, Ron, me, and the dogs tromped around the woods to put up two blinds. Tilly snuggles up in front of me and sits on my feet every chance she gets. A closeup of her most distinguishing mark shows the partial ridgeback swirl on the back of her head.

I don’t know what kind of winter the weatherman is predicting but the persimmon seeds all have an undeniable spoon inside, which means LOTS OF SNOW shoveling! I’ll believe it when I see it.