We had a full work day Saturday getting Leahaven ready for the next guest. We hadn't been out since before our trip to Scotland to visit our kids, but that did not deter Autumn from doing her thing! Herb spent several hours blowing leaves while I cleaned the house from top to bottom.
By late afternoon the house was clean, the yard was mowed, and we were ready to leave.
The beautiful November weather called to us, however, and we just had to walk out to the lake before we left. Zephyr and Herb waited for me as I locked up the house; Hero was off hunting in the fields. We bring the dogs when we come to work because they love being outdoors, and it keeps them from spending all day cooped up back at home.
The back field near the lake was brilliant with goldenrod, rain-greened grass, and colorful leaves still clinging to the trees.
Near the cabin we found evidence of a raccoon visitor. It almost looked like a tiny baby had been there!
The lake was peaceful and quiet in the soft light of late afternoon.
A harder light, unsoftened by mist rising over water, set trees aglow in the front pasture as we headed back to the truck. In the driveway we stopped and picked up fresh-fallen pecans to take home to our pigs.
Once again, Leahaven has surprised and delighted us with so much beauty. What a perfect illustration of Genesis 2:9, "And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground--trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food."
