After the rain and now colder weather falling upon us, the zipper spider was trying to make a last stand in the remains of her tattered web. A lizard tried sunning itself on a fallen leaf in the cold morning sun, trying to defy the cold that restricted its movement and slowed its normal darting about to a slow crawl.

Guildenstern took a break to supervise Laurie while she was clearing catnip from the roses. He had his coffee and pruners at hand, but wouldn’t lift a paw to help clear the last stands of catnip covering the roses.