Essential shopping today on a cold damp day that followed a day that was very warm and humid. The heat is on/the heat is off. That's autumn in Texas. When I made the bed today I added a quilt to the sheet and thermal blanket. The layering begins.

In the yard this week I'll put down the floating row cover that keeps the plants underneath a few degrees warmer on those nights that just dip to freezing. Tuesday and Wednesday look like the nights that could clobber my garden.

Vacuuming, sweeping, dusting, and laundry today. Making the indoors more welcoming as the outside becomes surly. Rain is forecast for all night so I'll wait till morning and leave the trash bag at the curb. The bag out overnight could be torn by dogs or raccoons.

Time to start getting out the warmer dog beds, but also time to once again try to keep Cookie from tearing them to pieces.