Bojangles the cat and Cody the Pug have already assumed, or resumed their Winter positions by the wood stove. Cody is the fire marshal around the farm and takes his job very seriously. Most days he will rarely leave his post except to conduct a brief bit of business outdoors, and "help" in the kitchen during meal prep.
The apple harvest is nearing the end of the season. A couple cold nights seemed to have sweetened the apples that remain on the trees. To the delight of the goats the wind and time has felled enough apples that the apple trees are the first place they run, like children, during recess, when the barn door is opened for them.
Morning light just rising above the trees lights up the foliage on the other side of the pond. It was warm enough later in the day to take the last swim of the season.
October's full moon is called the Hunter's Moon and the Dying Grass Moon. I am reminded that there was never a second cut of the hay, because it was quite dry the later half of the summer. There is still lose hay cut from our field, but much of the hay in the barn was purchased in bales from two local farms.
This is the Hunter's Moon Rise facing east at Kennebunk Beach.
