A Magic Paintbrush. . . . . . . .

Sometime, during the chilly, rainy night, someone

 tiptoed through the garden with an artist's palette

 and a paintbrush.

At last we've had some rain. 

Early morning light showers later turned into a steady

 rain yesterday. 

This morning, when the sun came up, I puttered about storing a

 few items in the potting shed for Winter months, taking out the

 garbage, (someone has to do it!), and of course capturing a

 few garden shots to share the radiant colors, heartbreakingly

 beautiful after the rain.

We actually raked a ton of leaves on Saturday, now 

there are tons more! They will have to stay until we 

return after the holidays . . . . . too wet and too little

 time to work in the garden now.