08 NOV 25

Oxbear and Yali are gone before seven that morning loaded with camping gear to join the Scouts down at Elephant Rocks for the weekend...

Patience is dancin' dancin' dancin'...

...coast back and forth on a highway edged in the continuing collage of cranberry and canary and other colors...

Weather's changing again... Vitamin D fix that afternoon as the sky smooths over in dark blue chalk and cream...

Patience bouncing solo on the trampoline while the mutt posts watch at the old stump...

It's getting cooler... Patience follows me back indoors barefoot examining her vintage sweats and tank top... “I look like a tired mom” she notes to herself... tapping the messy black bun waving on the top of her head...

Soft glaze of mild light come evening... shades of maize...

Patience is busy attending to blisters and rashes and scabs on her ankles while immersed in fairy tales...

...as a witch-like winds stirs up after dark...

...and the boys down further south try to keep warm through the night as temperature begin to plunge...