Out to the cabin with Madison...

It might be the last weekend at the lake this year... the weather has turned cold and wet, and it's time to winterize before the first hard freeze.

Madison was patient through the drive, a breakfast stop in Port Orchard, a longer stop at our favorite used book store, and some geocaching.

The light over the Bremerton navy yard was gorgeous, with a storm moving past on its way to the mountains. We found a cache near this sign; guess the birds didn't get the message.

We're staying for a long weekend, and came prepared with books and hand quilting, and there's plenty of firewood for the woodstove. Tomorrow we're heading north to Port Angeles for a wine club event to celebrate the wild mushrooms that are so plentiful here, paired with good red wine. We'll spend the night, and take the long way back to the cabin, looking for photographs and maybe more caches.

Evening comes early now, and light streams across the lake and into the trees. We only have a few deciduous trees here, and their leaves have already fallen. The evergreens, the fir trees and huckleberry and salal, keep the woods dark, even on sunny days. Today with the dark clouds, the porch lights came on early.