Before the full moon

It's been a beautiful weekend. I cut the grass for the final time, cleaned up the garden, saved red bellied snakes from being run over and fussed around with the compost pile.  The coyotes have been digging around in it again, well, ok, all the time. I don't put any meat or other type of attractants, but the rotten tomatoes I have thrown there have really gotten the most attention. Tomatoes strewn all over the yard. Some with chunks taken out, others only teeth marks.

Last week we had rain, the week before that cold, and here it is Sunday night I'm out walking the dog in the moonlight with a t-shirt and listening to crickets And yes we have had some snow, grauple really. But honestly September and October are great times up here.

Our beautiful weather continues today. With a near full moon last night, I watched a coyote hunting the edge of the field for meadow voles.   Most of the leaves are off now, the smell and sound of them underfoot is one of my favorite fall things.

And finally I had done a panorama up at Baxter , which I realized I hadn't worked on, and so here it is. Click on the this link to see it larger. Katahdin from Daicy Pond