Happy Tuesday,

We’re enjoying our first real taste of autumn after a prolonged heat wave with high humidity and temperatures in the eighties and nineties. The Green Mountain Stage Race took over much of the area over the weekend, with hundreds of cyclists zooming through the valleys and up the mountains of the area. The cyclists were surely thankful for the mild temperatures, and it was a treat to watch them zoom by.

As summer winds down, I find myself harvesting the tail end of my garden and spending hours preserving the bounty for the cold months coming. It’s so satisfying to open a jar spicy pickles in February, or to enjoy pungent pesto in a blizzard. I’m ready for snow.

I hope you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend.

As always, thanks for reading, and keep in touch.

Matt
matt@smalldog.com