A very rainy Saturday

Turning leaves and rain

Although it's hard to tell from this picture (which I took because of the pretty red leaves), our walk this morning was probably one of the wettest I've been on. We were supposed to go up Galbraith Mountain, but we didn't because the rain would have made it very muddy and slippery. Instead, we walked in the park for around five miles, or maybe even a little less. Only eight of us showed up.

Right now I can hear the rain pounding on the roof, and in the time we were out walking, we all got completely soaked, even with our rain gear. I sure wished I had thought to put my iPhone in a plastic bag, because every place I put it on my body eventually got wet. Luckily it wasn't cold, so as long as we were walking, we were fine, but once we got back to the cars we all headed home for dry clothes. It made no sense to go out for coffee in our present state.

My friend Judy also canceled our movie date, so now I'll have to rethink what to do with my day. Oh, one more thing: my neighbor next door has a grape arbor and has always been more than willing to let me have some. I noticed this year that they seem rather deformed.

Only a few grapes ripened

Just a few of the grapes on each bunch ripened, and if you look at the leaves in the upper left corner, they have some sort of bumps on them. The grapes that matured are tasty, but few and far between. I wonder if this is something that happens to grapes now and then. I enjoyed them anyway.
:-)