Today it looks like rain . . . and indeed, the weather forecast predicts 5 days of cold rain starting today. As if we didn't have enough rain this summer.

As for the wet summer, it seems to have made for a very colorful fall. The trees along the highways are slowly starting to turn, and some of them are already gorgeous. I saw a maple this morning on which the tips of the branches were turning red and the rest of the leaves were still green. The one tree that doesn't seem to be doing that great is the one in our front yard. Last autumn we got a gorgeous display of gold and orange, but this year it seems to be skipping right to mustard brown. Oh well.

Just in time for the cold wet weekend, my mom is coming for a visit. She's arriving tonight on a late flight into Hartford. This will be the first time she's seen our house! Yay!