Sunrises always get better with the cooler weather and this year is no exception. 
In order to 'catch' one though, I have to remember in the early morning hours to check for it.
I'm usually awake around six, so I'm good time-wise, but than I start reading and when I'm all caught up in a book I often forget to look .. like this morning ... 
Than it's a chaotic race to put 'something' on .. slip in my Crocs without falling on my face, grab the camera and run outside.
Often I'm too late (it's amazing how quickly colors change and fade), or it's not that spectacular, but this one was OK .. nice enough!

The last few mornings started out foggy ... not very colorful  at all ..

                

As I've said before, I happen to like gray weather, it's so much easier on my eyes, and I find the whole atmosphere so much more calming and peaceful than those sunny, blaring summer-days!
I know, I'm weird ..
                                                        
And there's nothing I like better than to take a nice, long, invigorating walk on those days ... although lately they're not always that serene and calming anymore.
Here's the reason why ..

   

When I take my 'longer' route following the old logging road into the forest, I'm now accompanied by my fearless horse .. eh, I mean dog, Samson .. our landlord's one year old, 100 pound dog!
He has 40 acres to run around on but still has way too much energy for his own good and could do with some (more) exercise!
And I could do with (at least the feel of) some protection when hiking that very remote path where cougars and bears have been spotted last winter ... it's a win, win!
                               (and nobody knows he's afraid of his own shadow)
 

He's OK on the leash, besides some pulling when we first set out when he's as hyper as a caffeinated squirrel, but than he calms down and behaves much better, which is a good thing because I don't think I'll be able to hold him when he starts running! 
Carrying a stick helps ..

James did some work on the gas-hose today. We've been smelling the typical 'rotten-egg' smell of propane, not only outside but lately also a little inside, which of course needed to be addressed asap!
(By the way: 

Pure propane is odorless. The "rotten egg" scent comes from an odorant like ethyl-mercaptan that is added for safety purposes)

Since we have had this problem a couple of times before, he now changed the connections into a somewhat different configuration, replaced some of the older ones and put everything back together.
Hopefully this time it will hold!

I didn't do anything as significant .. although taking care of 'baking our daily bread' is nothing to sneeze about either .. right?

This last picture shows the new barn from yet another angle. 
After finishing the roof and siding they're now working on installing the doors and pouring concrete for the floors ..


I keep forgetting to take a picture from the inside .. this thing is enormous, it feels like a cathedral inside! OK, next week ..