This morning I asked as I usually do when I wake up and before I climb out of the warmth of bed and comforter, "Alexa, what's the temperature?" Lately, the answer has been somewhere in the 30s. Yep, winter is coming and the leaves are giving up the green. This morning...? "15 degrees. Expect a high today of 54." 15!? Seriously? Apparently so. And last night around midnight I heard the voices of a small gathering of coyotes somewhere near, maybe a block away. There's a strip of wild along a creek... Sign in to see full entry.