…and more and deeper cold forecast, so could be sailing soon. Time to finish up iceboat plank repair (WEST epoxy with adhesive and fairing fillers).

Fall Leaves Fall

Emily Brontë

Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;
Lengthen night and shorten day;
Every leaf speaks bliss to me,
Fluttering from the autumn tree.
I shall smile when wreaths of snow
Blossom where the rose should grow;
I shall sing when night’s decay
Ushers in a drearier day.