AN AFTER DINNER WALK

It's that time of year--when the tangerines are just about ready to eat fresh off the tree!

After dinner, we took a nice walk to the 'way out back' to see if those cleredendrum berries are ripe (they are but more on that another day) but I was surprised to see the pond so low!  It hasn't been this low since 2018!  Bill dug this pond over a water source so it doesn't go dry but it can get low! The pond is about 100' long and 50' wide.  The tarp in the middle is a solar panel which shelters the minnows when we have those random winter freezes.

Another reason for our walk is because we are puppy-sitting again but let me make it clear, we don't do much sitting when he is here!  He is a very ACTIVE dog!  

I thought you would like to see my Maple trees--they don't lose their leaves until December.

But it was a very mild month and some of the trees still have quite a few leaves.

But they are also growing their new leaves--see those little red mousy ears at the tips of all of the branches!  That means it is almost January!