Autumn Leaves (Actually Arrives)

It is Day 265 of this year. The weather here in Northern California in our town of Healdsburg has been mostly in the 90s again this week, with some more of the same next.

The days do seem shorter though and the mornings and evenings cooler. The sounds of "Fall" are around us if that makes sense. We don't actually hear the leaves falling, but yet they do. Soon the trees in the back will be bare.

Somewhere close to us this is how "fall" will look again soon -- that is if we do not have a repeat of the events of last fall. The nearly 7000 homes that burnt to the ground near here are slowly being rebuilt. In today's paper, there was a report that many of the homes being rebuilt are being constructed using concrete instead of wood -- seems to make sense.

The second full day of Autumn brings another event close to us -- Dino:

Dino turns seven years old on Monday -- amazing. Only two of the above pictures are actually of Dino the middle two are very similar appearing dogs that could pass for him at first glance.

Dino is still like a puppy to us in that he is such a good dog -- never barks never chews up anything that is not his, always eats his breakfast and dinner and stays by our side throughout the day.

So we celebrate Dino's big day with maybe a few extra kibbles and other special attention.

Then also, on the first official day of "Fall" are the "76" Trombones that led the big parade . . . a big day for someone (me) who actually fake-played a Cornet during all the parades -- but who would ever have known that.

It was hard marching and playing the horn at the same time -- I can explain in more detail if anyone wants to know . . .

Wow! 76! Who would have ever thought . . .

Did someone speak of "DNA"?

Just a couple of days ago, another major cold case was hopefully solved via the use of DNA.

A serial rapist who committed his crimes for many years and has gone undetected for years and years was identified.

This man was hiding in plain sight and worked for a major university in some capacity for many years. He was unmasked and identified this week.

And in the article listed above, CeCe Moore predicts a huge number of crimes will be "solved" using this technique -- it must be a very nervous time for those that know they are guilty and have not been id'd as yet -- but soon may be. It is very encouraging.

And lastly, again speaking of DNA:

Our favorite comic strip -- "Pickles" presents their thoughts on DNA -- again. I might have to recheck our DNA results given the activities of Dino . . .

That is a tiny bit of our week, hope to see you all "in a few"!  👨👩