Welcome Fall!
Aunt Sandy and Eric drove to Bethesda on Monday. I stopped by yesterday to 'just check on things':

• the basement looks AMAZING! Eric and Aunt Sandy really took a lot of stuff out (Eric burned some in the fire pit!) and the floor is swept. 
• all garbage bags,etc fit in Bert (our SUV) and disposed of at our dump
• the oil tank reads 1/2 full
• I turned off the water heater
• The house temperature set at 50, storm windows all in and down (I didn't check the attic: will do that next time)
• found a boiled egg in a pot on the stove. Thanks, Aunt Sandy: it was a nice addition to our stir fry dinner last night :)
• the fall colors are peaking and very beautiful 
• the Catalpa leaves have dropped ('foomp'), so we'll rake them up next time (bought a new rake to replace the one I broke!)
• probably will need to mow once more
• there was mail in the mailbox; I'll send that along