The Covenant

Here's what greeted me when I set out for work yesterday morning. Fortunately I brought my umbrella, as that rainbow quickly turned into a drizzly rain. November!

I'd already taken Olga for her walk, so she stayed dry. She was full of energy yesterday, demanding to be taken to the high street and than on our neighborhood loop -- basically about twice as far as we usually go. She was very insistent. Some days she's just in a mood.

I thought sure I was coming down with a cold yesterday morning. Two of my co-workers are sick and I was feeling a suspicious tickle in my throat and had some sinus trouble. I was bummed because I was supposed to meet Mitchell and his partner for lunch today, as they're visiting London from Spain. But I didn't want to infect them with anything, and certainly not right at the outset of their trip! So I postponed. I'll catch up with them later this week.

And of course today I feel fine. Go figure.

Today is supposed to be sunny and I'm hoping to get the dahlias lifted. I'm going to take each one out of its pot, rinse off the tubers, wrap them in newspaper and put them in dry storage in our shed. Next spring they'll go back into their pots with fresh soil. I haven't lifted them for a couple of years -- I've taken the lazy way out instead, storing them in their pots, soil and all -- but I think next spring they will really need new dirt. So that's the plan.

Here's a colorful (if slightly blurry) autumn leaf for you. Doesn't it look like a sunrise?