Autumn Watch

Autumn is coming to the great expanse of northern forests where I live. The two days of frost in late August yellowed, then dried many of the fiddleheads (ferns) the dot my backwoods. I did my best to protect the tomatoes and zucchini from those frosts, but the frosts of September have done their job on them. The garden is ready for cleaning before winter (see my garden blog - sodsgarden.blogspot.com) .

This morning, I watched the Red Squirrels tearing, ripping, and gathering strips of the cardboard I lmulched on my garden paths. They carried it off to insulate there winter sleeping dens to bear against the coming cold and snow. Even though Winter is much further down the raod, the creatures of the woods around me remind me to prepare, for Winter will surely come.