Sure sign that fall is approaching

Also known as the season where the trees fight back. There are acorns and horse chestnuts falling all over the place. It may be a combo of the dry summer and the recent rainstorms but they've been dropping all over. The horse chestnuts are all spiky so when I get bonked by one of them I definitely feel it.

I'm dogsitting this week in upper Northwest. Tonight we were out for walkies about sunset when suddenly four! deer jumped out of the trees across the street, ran across, and disappeared into the trees in front of me. They were so graceful and so unexpected. It's a pretty urban area. (Check Google maps for the intersection of Mass Ave and Macomb Ave. in northwest DC if you're curious). Anyway, now I need to remember my camera in case it happens again.