The Maple Bursts Forth
We thought that the cold weather of a week ago might have frozen the leaves on our Japanese Maple just outside the kitchen, but today all the leaves turned orange and red. The Fall foliage only lasts about a week before the leaves all fall, and we'll miss this tree after we've retired to Utah.

The sale of the house proceeds well, and we're at the last stages with a closing date of the 25th of November. Events run very fast as we do the heavy hauling of boxes and furniture to Utah this weekend, then come back only to leave on a Caribbean cruise that was planned months ago. Once we return, we close on the home sale and make our final run to Utah.