Brett_Tabke - 8:12 am on Oct 1, 2002 (gmt 0)

Just saw the first pumpkin stand on the road side open up this week and thought that was a sure sign of fall.

Fired up the furnance for the first time last week. They always smell the first time you run them. Turned the gas back on to the gas log fire place while I was at it.

Covered up the tomato plants a couple times last week, but thankfully, it didn't freeze.

Suppose I'll get out the snowblower in a couple of weeks and pull yearly maintenance on it.

Saw the first combine cruising through a corn field just today. The harvest is getting a bit of a late start around here this year. The mild 70'ish weather we have had isn't conducive to drying down the crops.

Other than that, everything is still pretty green around here, so we have to give it a few more weeks.

It was 85F here today.