It is a lovely October evening with temperatures still over sixty. The sun was out all day, which we are thankful for. The laundry dried really fast. Son Benjamin, Joanna, and daughter Verena were blowing and raking leaves and then burned them. They were nice and dry, so it didn’t take long. Verena had Loretta’s two children since this morning, and Denzel came after school. Denzel loved helping with raking the leaves.