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Sven inspecting postholes last week. They passed, but had no mice in them.

Bedhead Asher: Why are you getting us up so early, Dad?

Sven, demon cat [not really] supervising yard work.

End of the garden. Frost forecast tonight. Here are the last pole beans, shelled and ready to blanch and freeze for soup or salad.

Sven insisted on micromanaging the fence work today.

Fence repair completed. Asher and Archie inspect the work. Took ten days to get a day without rain or outside obligations. We got the posts in yesterday, finished up this morning.

Either a mangled gate, or else an avant garde metal sculpture by Oak Tree [deceased.]

Sven inspects our progress on fence repairs.

Pumpkin spice in the coffee. Must be October. 🎠

Weirdness: Letter from the ham radio club at my undergrad school (Michigan State, class of 1971) asking for a donation. Yes, I have a ham license now, but did not get it until years after moving out of Michigan. The university quit begging me for money long ago. How did MSUARC find me (including my call sign) after 48 years and half a dozen address changes?

Issue: Being followed by accounts tat follow hundreds, but have no profile, no followers, and no toots. I block them. Is this wrong?

Husband (as a not so Imperial storm trooper) cuts up that dead tree so we can fix the fence. The get up is almost absurd but safety before style and I do want him safe.

Small white aster (Aster verminius,) I'm pretty sure. #september_flowers

And here's the temporary repair, with the horses back in their yard.

Dead tree falls on horse yard gate. Barn cat Delta tries to take credit for the kill. We were eating breakfast, saw it all happen right outside the windows.

Parade feature on 20 "greatest TV shows of all time." Any of them that I have ever seen were, in my opinion, offensive, obnoxious, and often repulsive. No wonder I don't bother with television now.

EPI-PEN: the greatest corrupt scam ever perpetrated. This potentially life-saving gadget costs about one dollar to make. With prescription drug insurance, the pharmacy still quotes $375 for a two pack. Why do we let the health care rip-off get so bad in this country?

Shay logging locomotive (high torque shaft and gear drive) in operation, Illinois Railroad Museum yesterday. Slow but powerful, these engines hauled heavy loads on steep grades.

Not flowers. Very wet September brings out the mushrooms.