It finally warmed up enough to where I felt like braving the 42 degrees to take a picture of the outside. Little did I know the full moon was in view adding its beautiful glow down on us tonight.

I spent a good portion of the day playing in the leaves. The yard is cleared of the leaves once again but there’s still more to come yet this season. Actually, I use a rake for getting all the leaves out from around the house and then mulch all the leaves with the mower. The mower works like a charm leaving no sign of a leaf. There are some heavy areas where I have to go over two or three times but that’s so much easier than raking and bagging the whole yard.

We just plan to “chill” and stay warm around the fire and have a nice relaxing evening here at the home front.

We had our first little snowfall yesterday and by this afternoon Mr. Sunshine melted it all away. The snow didn’t stick to the grass very well but I took a pic of what little we had in our flowerbed. After a freezing cold day yesterday which did not get above freezing temperatures, today was absolutely gorgeous. We had a high of 52 with beautiful blue sunny skies, but we’re having another cold one tonight back into the mid 20’s. We’re keeping nice and warm and my coffee intake has increased just a wee bit.

Whew! It’s literally been like a printing press around here. The printer has been spitting out newsletters and Christmas cards up until just a few min ago. We are right on schedule to have our Christmas cards out by Monday! I still have lots of folding to do, but we’re feeling like this project has almost come to a close. Till the season comes round once again.