The Fall is finally here. We’ve been outside since breakfast. First, we went on a long walk to our local nature preserve, and now Klara is sleeping under the staircase in the backyard.

We had almost no COVID lockdown, but every year we experience a May-October weather-related lockdown. We sit sadly indoors, with our ACs cranked up to the max, staring out of window at the burned-out lawns.
Now that we are finally out of captivity, we can’t force ourselves to go back inside.