Monday, October 7: Today was the day for taking the boat out of the water for the winter. We allowed ourselves a week before the deadline set by the city we rent the dock space from to allow time for addressing any issues that came up, but it went pretty darn smoothly. Mr. Karen worked out a different way to lower the mast, which was the part of the process I was most concerned about since I’d struggled with that before, so when I was able to do my part without ever feeling like I might damage either the boat or myself I was greatly relieved.

 
Later that night, we were treated to another show of the Northern Lights from our neighborhood, which warrants doing a second photo of the day.

 
Tuesday, October 8: Getting back into doing stir fry for dinner. Though this mix of vegetables was attractive, with the bright green broccoli and purple and white cabbage popping against the brown mushroom background.

 
Wednesday, October 9: Spent some time in town and saw some nice fall color by the studio.

 
Thursday, October 10: Mr. Karen had given me a rainbow bagel making kit for my birthday. I decided today was the day to try it. Had I made bagels before? Nope. Had I made any yeasted bread more than a handful of times in my life? Also nope. But I scanned the QR code and followed the directions as best, I could, getting numerous bowls and utensils dirty in the process. Between mixing the colors, letting the six bowls of dough rise, assembling the layered dough and cutting that into strips before twisting then boiling and then baking the bagels, it took all afternoon. I was happy with how they turned out and they tasted fine (for plain bagels), but I don’t know that I’ll be making them again anytime soon.

 
We had another show from the northern lights, so here’s another bonus photo. The show was less colorful but more dynamic, with lots of flashing lights that we just laid back and watched dance for a while.

 
Friday, October 11: There’s a group of wild turkeys that tends to hang out near the base of the mountain road. On this day they’d wandered down the side road I often take home from the studio, and I had to wait for the last few to cross in front of my car before I could proceed.

 
Saturday, October 12: Just a fall day on the mountain. The tamaracks are definitely more on the yellow end of the yellow green spectrum now.

 
Sunday, October 13: I took a walk along the lake to finish out my afternoon in town.

 

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