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| GOLDEN TAMARACKS SOUTH OF ASHLAND |
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| NATIVE HOLLY BERRIES |
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| TOWN OF RUSSELL HALL |
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| AFTER DINNER THE RAFFLES! |
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| OUR DOOR PRIZES |
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| THAT'S NOT ME WINNING THE RIFLE! |
Sunday, 7:30 AM. 41 degrees, wind WSW, calm. The sky is mostly overcast and the barometer predicts rain but the humidity is low. I have plenty of leaf and garden cleanup to do if it doesn’t. the Geranium baskets are still blooming on the back porch, but one of these nights they will be done with.
One doesn’t have to go far south of Ashland to see tamaracks in full fall dress now, but ours are just starting to turn. Bright red winterberries (Ilex verticillata), the native deciduous holly, dot the swamps and bogs.
Joan and I went to the Town of Russell Annual Fall Dinner and gun raffle last night. We felt very comfortable there as we have as many friends and acquaintances in that neighborhood as in Bayfield itself. The ham dinner with all the traditional trimmings and home cooked deserts was great. I bought a few raffle tickets but the three prize guns went to luckier folks.
One of the fun things about the event is that almost everyone wins a door prize, and Joan and I each came home with a bottle of wine. Later we watched the St. Lois Cardinals blow away the Texas Rangers in the third game of the World Series. We are happy the Brewers never made it to the Series, as they would have been greatly embarrassed facing either of these contenders
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