Good morning and Happy Saturday to everyone! Well, it is supposed to be sunny this morning but it appears to be quite cloudy. The sun did peek out a couple of times earlier, but then it decided to stay hidden from view. But perhaps that will change soon.

The birds have sure been busy this morning and I took a bit of time to watch them for a while. I saw one chipmunk as well, but I am sure there were at least 2 of them. Coffee has returned the last couple of days, plus there is Little Chipper and Stubby. I have not seen any of the others for several days now.

Hollyhocks are still blooming.

Nice to have all the birds around again before I leave. Hopefully Pocket will stop by for a bit as well. He and Coffee are my two oldest chipmunks. This is the 4th year for both of them. We have had a lot of rain this week, due mostly to thunderstorms Wednesday night.

Poor Muffin did not have a good night and she slept a lot on Thursday because of that. Leaves are really beginning to change color already, a bit earlier than normal. We always get some leaves changing color in August, but this year there is a lot. I noticed two trees that always change color the middle of September, and they have already begun this past week. That is nearly 4 weeks early.

Another one in a different shade of pink.

And it continues to be cool, with temps reaching the mid 60s F, (17-19C) during the day. It is getting hard to walk around in here. I have packed 42 boxes so far, should be about 18 more to go. Or so. Might be less. Or more. We shall see. Muffin is a bit stressed out with all this mess. She likes things to stay the same. I can understand that, I am the same way.

And a cool wildflower, a pink Indian Pipe.

Hopefully all of my helpers will show up on moving day. We shall see. This move is wearing me out. Still 6 days of packing, counting today. Plus other things that I need to do as well. Such as cleaning. Which I am trying to do as I pack. Well, time for more coffee and get packing again. Have a great weekend everyone and God bless!

Steve and Muffin.

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