It's the last day of August and nature, as well as myself, seems to be gearing up for Fall!
Temperatures, especially in the mornings, have come down considerably over the last week. On my walks I've noticed a faint crispness in the air, the soil is starting to give off that 'earthy' smell and some of the trees are beginning to show their golden fall-colors.

(They've started to turn for a few weeks already but most of that had to do with the drought we were experiencing, like the ashes in the picture above)

A couple of days ago we woke up to fog and a slight drizzle and today, believe it or not, after a lull of 2.5 months (!), it is actually raining!

The first wild berries are appearing alongside the roads .. I think these are Choke-cherries. They're very bitter but 'edible' (as in non-toxic):

In the orchard more apples, besides the earlier Gravensteins, are ripening and one of the pear trees is ready to be harvested as well ..

                                                                         

The grapes I worked so hard at to untangle and string up this Spring are pretty much ready. They're small and there aren't that many of them but they taste great!

The Red Clover in the field behind us has been harvested. It was a very dusty affair again!
I'm not sure what they do with that .. animal feed?

 

 

                                                       

We're a little bit in a lull considering the work that needs to be done for our rent/barter. The busy summer chores of mowing, weeding and vegetable harvesting are coming to an end and the fall/winter cleaning up has not yet begun.

Which gave us time to work a little more on settling down in our new spot, tidying up around the RV and putting things away ..
We put up our 'skirt' in the front once again which acts as a little shed/storage and pantry-area for miscellaneous tubs and boxes and our small chest freezer.
James also rebuild our front porch:

Since we now have two sitting areas, one being our happy-hour place in the lawn behind the RV and one at said front-porch, we needed another set of chairs.
We found two cheap Adirondack-chairs at Bi-mart during their end-of-the-season-sale. Perfect!

And although the mornings have been a lot cooler, the evenings are still warm enough to have dinner outside ...

               

                                                          

                                         Yup! Life could be worse!