Do not get the idea from the previous two pictures the weather had returned to “normal.” We had many cold, drizzly days and the end of October brought more below-freezing highs. On the 28th we woke to 9" of new snow, rekindling the debate over putting the plow and chains on the big truck, a prospect that involves a lot of crawling about under the truck. We usually do this the week before Thanksgiving and don't remove them until April or May. As a concession, Gary put Blizzaks on the Highlander.

The spate of bad weather meant no progress on landscaping for the month of October. Quite a contrast from last year, when we purposely delayed landscaping tasks to the end of November.