IT'S OVER...

Just give it a couple of days and we go from summer to fall, or perhaps early winter. High eighties and nineties in South Dakota earlier this week, high forties in Montana since we arrived Thursday afternoon. Yes, that is a nice dusting of snow on the Elkhorns now that the clouds have drifted away and we can see the mountains. A welcomed change, I must say. Our very healthy mum plant continues to show off its colors in the fall, just like it has for several years. JIR

IT AIN'T OVER 'TILL IT'S OVER

90 degrees the first week of October? Call it what you want, but the planet is definitely warming. Maybe one good thing about it is that our wildflower garden  in South Dakota does not have a clue it is Fall.

                                                   The bees do not have a clue either

                            A light breeze "unfocused" this frame, but the colors are unique and worth this post