Little Blue Fairies

This is the scene in our yard just before sunset these days.

It happens every fall, thousands and thousands of blue aphids, like little blue fairies or tiny puffs of cotton, swarm over our yard in the early evening. Caught in your hair, stuck in your teeth, breathed up your nose; it's crazily annoying and deliciously amazing at the same time.

That means it's going to get cold here real soon. Mark and the dog have both been turning their noses into the recent cool morning air, anticipating the hunting season that's just around the corner.