Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Long nights and short days

 October sunsets are the best. Here's the sun setting over Killington and Pico Mountains on its way south for the winter. The sun is setting now at five which makes for a short afternoon. It's time to come in, build a fire and  sit with a glass of wine, Peter and Tulla and read or knit and talk about the day. The beavers have had their apples and poplar branches though they will be busy all night getting ready for winter. The change in the temperature of the water makes them hurry and work harder. They are still trying to outsmart me by damming up the culvert. I tug on my high rubber boots each morning and wade into the stream to undo what they have done during the night. I can't figure out how they have time to do all that they accomplish.

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