Short Pump, Virginia

First frost of the season. It is 31 degrees F/-0.5 degrees C this morning. Winter seems closer each day. This weekend should see soberingly lower temperatures.

Jenine perfects her wither look. She looks to my daughter, Sherianne, as the exemplar of the art. Personally, I never knew such a thing had to be perfected. I thought such looks are genetic, inherent to the gender, passed along on the X chromosome from mother to daughter.

Sadie waits for her second favorite part of the day — Bedtime!

Photographed with a Leica M8