This afternoons’ autumn sky was quite dramatic, with clouds dropping rain that largely though not completely evaporated before reaching the ground.

Sunrise, on a late summer day by the calendar. Sunrise, on an early autumn day by how it feels.
Heralding the arrival of a new day, the approach of autumn, and the approach of migration, a flock of Canada Geese flies across my field of view.
Black-eyed Susans hang on into late October.
Back on Thursday.
A combine cuts the first swathe through a soybean field. The last swathe may be done before I see the field tomorrow morning.
Back on Thursday.
Fitzy, fur shining, on a sunny late autumn day.