10/6/06 – A canoe left in the yard last night with a life jacket on the front seat was covered with frost this morning. By 10 am though, it was sunny, warm and breezy. It is still very colorful, but the leaves are falling like snowflakes with each gust of wind.

The usual expression is “frost on the pumpkin” but here in canoe country it’s “frost on the life vest.”