Sukkot

Had a lovely sukkot. It is just a little bit early for it--the leaves haven't really started to change color, but looking at the fall foliage prediction map they'll start in a week or so--but I had a nice dinner and socialized some. The sukkah itself was quite nice; we managed to find tree branches to spread over the roof. Which is the only proper way to do it.

Interestingly the date of sukkot doesn't move if you're in Australia, despite it being a harvest festival. Really ought to be moved to autumn down there, I would think. Not sure how you'd handle it in the tropics... no autumn there. I'm not even sure there's a consistent harvesting season in large parts of the tropics.

Temperatures are beginning to drop, but only slightly.

Got to visit a state park a few days ago. I saw bats! There were so many of them it seemed like the cave ceiling was furry.