There was rain overnight and it's forecast for much of the day. Three nights next week may possibly offer a frost or freeze. That is so unfair, after all of the heat that pushed gardeners to try for a fall crop! I'll be putting out floating row covers over several areas (it's a gauzy tarp that helps keep the stuff under a few degrees warmer than the air).

Since I was out early to feed the cats I took my soggy self over to the local grocery with a great bulk section and with my favorite variety of raisin bran cereal. The pie pumpkins were tiny - 2 pounds each - that is something I'm going to have to grow for myself next year. There are cranberries in the freezer and in the next few weeks I'll load up on the root vegetables I bake instead of making stuffing for the turkey. And this year, a smaller bird so the air circulates in the oven well around it. I could possibly choose to do a turkey breast or two instead.

I haven't decluttered my calendar of a holiday, but I don't do much to decorate for Halloween and I'm not home to trick or treaters, it's just too hard on the dogs.