The leaves aren't all down off the trees yet...

Here are the last flowers in our garden.  A very hearty rose bush hanging on to the bitter end.  I bet the bees appreciate that.  You can see not all the leaves are down yet... but close.  A bone-chilling, wet cold is in the air and the wind is whipping off the river.

Tomorrow is Mom's birthday!  I sent her some neat earrings that were made by Chilean economically challenged craftspeople as part of that Fair Trade thing that I found at "Women's Work" store.  I like that store.