almost winter in the garden

With 7 days of rain in the forecast, I packed up the kids yesterday morning and headed to our favorite botanical garden.  It was cooold, but so beautiful out.

There were signs of winter everywhere.  Bare trees, carpets of leaves, damp, cold air.

Green, brown, white, and yellow.

And Tux, the garden cat, was right where we left him on our last visit.

Today we are baking, making gifts, playing with friends and snuggling by the fire.

My kind of rainy day!