I checked my stats on geocaching.com and discovered that we seem to do most of our caching in October. This sort of fits, since in October, it’s *usually* not snowing, the rain *sometimes* isn’t horrendous and there are no bugs. Plus the Christmas mayhem hasn’t hit yet and the foliage is spectacular. October is just a marvellous month in which to be outside in Newfoundland. Which is good, because the increasingly short days always play havoc with my energy levels and good humour.

But today I am in the house, working away in the studio. It is howling a gale outside and the rain is coming down in sheets. It is snug, dry and warm in here and I’ve got most of a pot of good coffee with me. Now all I need are housecleaning fairies……