Early and Cold

Today it sunk in that it is indeed mid-October. The days up until now have been mild and no rain. Today the thermometer read 9C/48F, grey skies and rain predicted for later in the day.

While I dawdled over my tea and read bicycle journals by people touring in Spain and southern France where it's warmer, Janos got into his biking pants and said he wanted to get out for a little drone flying before too many people were out with their dogs. He always tries to fly where he won't disturb anyone. Although his drone is very quiet, some people get touchy on the topic of drones.

Out he went and after a while my tracker on Komoot showed me where he was. I made a quick decision to surprise him. Without bothering to even brush my teeth, I bundled up and jumped on my bike. He was busy steering his drone over the fields and didn't even see me approach. Surprise!

He made a short video.

Of course I had my camera with me and got a few photos to capture the morning ride.

There's the drone.

And there's Janos.

A bit of blue sky, but after a few seconds the sun was gone.

Taking another route on the way back, I again came upon some  mushrooms, one of my favorite photo subjects in the fall.

I was excited to find several amanita muscaria. I had been hoping to find one all season. Here there were about ten of them.

While I was busy fussing over the fungi, Janos rode on ahead.

What is green on top and brown on the bottom? Woods in October.

We weren't home long before it poured. What luck that we got an early start and were back in time. Neither of us even had a rain jacket with us. In the afternoon great claps of thunder and the ground was white with hail stones.

Our little car braving the storm