This week started my month of guiding upland bird hunters. The dogs and I are spending most of October at Libby Camps chasing grouse and woodcock. So far the season is off to a pretty slow start due to the incredibly warm weather. Thursday it was 82 degrees on the thermometer in the Yukon when I checked at about 2 in the afternoon. Yesterday was a little cooler but not what you would consider fall temperatures. This morning is very cool and windy.
Sometimes things align to make life seem crazy. My October upland bird hunting starts a long stretch without a day off tomorrow, Argy is one of the lead planners for At the Creative Center a conference for 300 or so Arts Educators that happens Friday and Saturday at the Samoset, Nicholas is giving a presentation at the conference on Friday and Noah will be coming down from the College of the Atlantic to take pictures of the event for his mom.
This is one of the times of year when change is very noticeable to me. I have guided my last striper fishing party for the season and no longer need to get up and out by 5:15 AM, which makes it possible for Argy and I to walk each morning. Our morning walks are now in the near darkness marking the noticeable shortening of the day. I still have fishing parties at the end of the month and into November but the focus changes to mid day to take advantage of slightly warmer water temperatures.
