Frogs are Singing

This morning I finally really feel like I'm home. In part, had my first home emergency - water on the floor beneath the refrigerator. My handyman, Randy, came out this morning and checked everything we could think of to check and we couldn't find any source of the water! So, I now have a clean refrigerator inside, outside, and underneath. We'll see if the water returns. If so, it's time to purchase a new one. In a way, I'll be glad - the motor on this one sounds like a freight train coming through the cottage. It must be at least 30 or 40 years old. For now, it's just wait and watch for a few more days. So, I'm now back in the ordinary world where chores demand attention. ----- Still, now I'm on the porch with my tea listening to the frogs talking to each other from both sides of the Pond. What a chatter! Must be the rainy days we've had that opened up their voice boxes. ---- Fall has arrived. I'm wearing my chaleco - too cool without a bit of covering. Some of the trees ae showing yellow and even a few orange leaves on a red maple. The persimmons are ripe. What a brilliant orange they are! My basil plants thrived on the long hot dry month! They look like shrubs or even small trees! Everything else, except a couple of succulents and my spider plant, died, or so it seemed. The rain brought much back to life again even though they looked dead for sure!------Nice to be back home again.----I'm off to Atlanta in the morning to see family for a couple of days.