The Fall colors this year are subdued. We've experienced an extended drought which meant watering the garden every day. It's also meant spectacular weather for the later half of the summer. In the Spring we had what seemed like a dozen Saturdays in a row when it rained :-)
One of the late summer chores this rear became scooping fibrous algae our of the pond. As the water level got lower and the sun shone, the algae bloomed at such a rapid pace that it began to form mats on the surface of the pond. I'd fill a large plastic storage box in the center of the canoe with algae skimmed out of the pond with a rake, and after several days of drying on the shore, would take it to the compost pile. I lost track of how may trips out and back I made!
