Congratulations to Hestia on her triumph!

My mother was so proud of her grandkitten.

It is wonderful you have fruit-baking weather.

It makes up for the fact that my hands hurt all the time now.

We just finished a heat wave (par for the course in October in Los Angeles), but we're supposed to get some pleasant and vaguely seasonal weather soon.

I hope you do! I like when the seasons feel like themselves. It's such a crapshoot nowadays.