Fall Has Begun.

9-25-22 SHORT HILLS: Well, it’s happened again, I forgot to do a post. Now it’s fall, the Equinox slipped by a few days ago, and it gets dark earlier and earlier. We also had a bit of a cold spell, with nighttime temps in the low fifties. 

As Hurricane Fiona passed us out in the Atlantic on her way to Nova Scotia, we had a gusty, windy two days and a decent rain, and it’s raining again this afternoon.

I dug up the crumbling blacktop around the driveway drain and replaced it with a Sakrete product—macadam in a bag. I also filled in gaps in the blacktop by the garage apron. The hard part is tamping it all down. The last time I did it was about 10 years ago, so the next time will probably be someone else’s problem. 

I had lunch with Bill recently, and tonight we have dinner with Bill and Lynn. Last night we had dinner with Alan and Ellie, and this morning we were in the Village and had brunch at Minetta Tavern with Lily, Anna and Gardner.

Judy and I did a dog walk at Loantaka Brook Reservation. There were lots of Canada geese on the pond and a turtle con on a log.

New blooms: an apple tree put a couple new flowers.

Judy at Washington Square Park before brunch.

Loantaka Pond with Canada geese on the left and turtles on the right.

Here's the geese.

Here's some of the turtles.

Here's another turtle standing on the back of a much, much bigger turtle. In the middle at the top is a blurry dragonfly.