At least the gnats are gone!

So Our Long-Awaited Autumn Arrives....

Yes, a week of frosts or near-frosts. Had to scrape ice off the windshield for the first time this year.

But by mid-week it was going up to 70 during the day, a pleasant although temporary reprieve.

What the hell am I doing in this climate?

My obligatory annual picture registering my shock at the departure of the life-giving rays of the summer sun.

The former northernmost papaya tree.

Our papaya plant is unable to withstand the rigors of  the north winds.

But what can one say? Better here than in New Jersey, this month anyway.