Bare Already.

For the last couple of days we have been experiencing the first storm of winter. There has been a howling wind from the northeast and accompanying horizontal rain. Another 20 degrees colder and it would have been a nasty snow storm. The wind took care of the turning leaves on a lot of trees, so here we are in late October and the bare bones of winter are already exposed. Oh, did I mention that our roof sprang a leak...?