Squash

The weather has changed, rain, cold and very strong winds are knocking the walnuts from the tree (but not the squirrels, who are feasting) and shrivelling the foliage from the squash. Some are harvested

but others,

especially the butternuts

have yet to mature.

I ordered a dumpy bag of soil improver at the beginning of the week and now it's sitting in an awkward position in the yard waiting for the rain to stop falling and the wind to stop blowing!

When the sun does shine it is fleeting and low, and soon it will have disappeared completely from the sitting room windows which face east and west. In summer when the sun is high light falls on the floor, but now it reaches further into the room and illuminates odd fragments. 

A handful of flowers rescued from the garden.

Christine Post's carving, Mother and Child.

No glimpse of the sun today.

We are hunkered down.

Perhaps I'll manage to shovel some soil improver next week!