The Beginning of Autumn

October was when the big change happened in the woods. Leaves changed color and fell. Temperatures were cooler—we began using the wood stove in September. I cut up another large red oak brought down by wind next to the rocks road in October. The tree fell between two smaller trees which helped keep the log […]

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The End of Summer

By the end of August we already saw changes in the woods. The briar leaves had turned yellow and had started to fall. There were even some spots of color where tree leaves were starting to change. The end of summer here and the beginning of fall were extremely dry, hardly any rain at all. […]

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