No Smoking

Here is a picture of the monster living in my car. He sits on the cigarette lighter button (to make sure nobody starts smoking in there, I guess). He is very frightening.

The weather looks and feels like fall here in Hamden, Connecticut. In my backyard, the leaves are turning gold and orange, and it's hard to believe this is the third fall we've spent in this house. Marty's got a shed full of firewood in the backyard so we should be all set for fires when it gets cold enough.

I'm finding it hard to believe we are almost down to the end of the year now. It's really only a matter of weeks. This year has flown by incredibly fast.