December Sunset

At the end of the day, what could be better than a beautiful December sunset in the Stone Wall Garden?

Autumn Campfire

Yesterday was a perfect fall day. After the morning chill was gone, Ed worked on preparing beds for his garlic. The garlic will be planted very soon. I arrived just in time to recognize a seedling from the hollyhock skyscraper. He stopped what he was doing to move it to a place where it could continue to grow. Nothing gets to stay in the garlic bed but garlic!

It was decided that we would have a campfire . A trip to the store was needed to purchase hot dogs and the makings for s'mores since I don't keep them in the house. Amy's new GPS took us on roads we had never been on before. The winding roads and gorgeous colored trees made the trip a very special treat.

The fire circle is up on Amy's meadow. The first photograph is taken looking south. The second photograph is taken facing east. We watched the moon come up behind the already glowing hill. The sun was still visible.Ed built the campfire and we absorbed the autumn colors, watched geese fly over, and relaxed. A murder of crows was making a huge racket coming from the woods. We were surprised to see just six crows fly away after the noise subsided. When the fire was ready we had our campfire dinner like we did when we were kids.

This sunset photo is taken from the same spot looking west. We stayed long enough for the fire to die down . After the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) and Cassiopeia appeared and it got really dark we doused the fire and headed back to the house. It was a perfect end to a perfect day.