Abby, Katy, and Will here for some fun and frolic enroute to the apartment in Milwaukee where they will be camping out for about a week while the floors in their house are redone. Pumpkin patch and bike rides rained out, but pingpong filled in admirably. For a bit Abby and I went exploring at the Fuzzy Pig (one of the oddest stores in Wisconsin) while Mimi played with Katester and William, Uno on one hand and checkers on the other.

Sometime later, during a break in the rain, Ab and Kate roamed through the remnant garden and discovered three more squash and nine gnarled gourds.

Say this one fast:
"Nine gnarled gourds aren't nearly enough."

Big cold front. We gave the furnace a brief test-run (just to ward off the damp).