Across The Fence                       
              
                                                                    

Fog comes to the valley during the night in autumn.  In the morning it often lays from horizon to horizon like smoke in a broad bowl, covering all reference points.  Then it wafts away into the oncoming day and the sun,  gradually revealing scattered tree tops, then a hill, then the broad panorama of the valley below.   Some prefer other seasons, but for us, give us fall!. It's a season of wood smoke,  chill in the air,  a frenzy of colors across the hills, all beneath a now-deepening blue.

A popular time here at the Bluff farm is autumn!  Many guest reserve for autumn upon departing during other seasons.  That is why weekend reservations for fall go quickly.  But if you can find time for autumn's beauty during the week, a getaway may be food for the soul.  Feel the need?   Check dates available on our new on-line calendar.    Winter is wonderful!

The autumnal equinox will occur this year at exactly 6:05 p.m. CDT on September 22,  signaling the official beginning of Fall.  Equinox:  the point in the annual calendar when the sun crosses the celestial equator and day and night are the same in length.  Ancient people observed events such as this at Stonehenge in southern England.  But do you know there is another Stonehenge not far from Rock Eddy Bluff?    Constructed on the campus of the University of Missouri - Rolla, this more geometrical megalith used computers instead of celestial observation to position the stones.   An interesting  side trip!

Enter the log cabin contest.  It will be fun to show you the progress of our log cabin in future issues of this letter.  Right now we have the cabin disassembled and stacked in a pile.  You'll love the site where it will be rebuilt.  It will sit in the trees over the break of a hill, looking down a hollow and into the river valley.   The cabin is an old hand-hewn original with dove tail log notches.  It will have an upper floor and a large porch.  We want your suggestions for  a name for the cabin -- funny, serious, back woodsy, anything you like.  If we  select a name you suggest for the cabin you'll win two nights stay there (when it is finished).  

Our funny bone got tickled the other day by the following quotation:   It was billed as the winner of a contest for the worst opening lines for  books.  See what you think!  "The sun oozed over the horizon, shoved aside darkness, crept along the
greensward, and, with sickly fingers, pushed through the castle window, revealing the pillaged princess, hand at throat, crown asunder, gaping in frenzied horror at the sated, sodden amphibian lying beside her, disbelieving the magnitude of the frog's deception, screaming madly, "You lied!"  

Lost in  the Maine woods is where we will be in September.  You can, of course, call while we are gone.  Norma or George will be staying at the Bluffhouse and can reserve your stay.  Best to check availability first and be aware that the on-line calendar won't get updated until we return.   We'll be back in the final days, primed for a glorious October.

Neat links.   Check out this topographical map showing Eddy Bluff Farm.  You can use the link to find a map for anywhere.  And, our favorite bit of wisdom,  Desiderata, should  you need some sensible,  soothing words today.

Until next time,  Kathy and Tom

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