Leaves blowing in the wind

Our company is gone, another goodbye, but we had such a great time, and they've promised to come back next year. We have only one more visitor (Mark's brother Paul) coming this weekend for some brother bonding and lots of fishing. The season of guests is coming to an end, which makes me a little sad and amazed at how fast the last few months have zoomed by.

Small drama for Mark yesterday. He went out on the Taylor river specifically to see how fishing would be with lowered water. Divers were at the dam to check wall stability so let out a fraction of  the normal water in the river. It was much lower than normal and fishing was decent, not great, but he caught two 16" trout, and - unusual as of late, he kept them - we realized we haven't had fresh trout to eat all summer! Does this qualify as drama, nope, that came in as he jammed a fly into his finger on the way up to the car. First time ever that he got one in that he couldn't get out. Imagine my surprise when he called from the emergency room. All is fine, and the doctor didn't even cut him - used a wrapped string technique and neatly pulled the fly out.

I'm snapping pictures as fast as I can - leaves flying off the trees now at a brisk pace and the last fields are being cut and baled before winter comes. Again, I want to hold back the season - it's going by way too fast. Cows are still at Star Mt.- this part can speed up, it's time for them to go...they're huge now from 3 months of sweet grass.