Fall is in the air. . .Makes me :(

Today marks a very sad day for me. It was the last day of 2015 that I will be in my pool. The air temperature was 76 and the pool temperature was 89 but it was chilly and it was time to turn the heater off. I am so glad that I did get into the pool today, followed by the hot tub to warm up. The heater is now officially off and on October 2nd it will be closed for the year with the winter cover on.

I am so glad that we bought a heater this year. It was well worth the money. This is the latest we have ever swam in our backyard pool. Usually by Labor day it starts getting so cool that we cannot even get in the pool. Also, in the evenings we don't get home until about 6 and so we were only swimming in the pool on the weekends until this year. We were able to get in the pool nearly every night if we wanted to or had the time.

The back yard is looking so good. In fact, our neighbors dog got inside the fence this afternoon when Dennis was bringing in some wood. Its a puppy and did not want to be caught, so the neighbor came in the back yard to get the dog. His description for our pool area was that it was very cozy back here. What a great description of our pool area, that's how I feel about it, cozy. That is how I want my pool area to feel to our friends and family, cozy. The evergreens we planted to provide some privacy actually define the space and makes it my yard and not all my neighbors yards.

This afternoon we also marked out the location of the spiral staircase that we will be installing in the next week or two. The steps have been ordered and we will get the concrete this week so we can lay the pad for the stairs to rest on. I am really getting excited to see how they look and to have access to the pool deck from the kitchen. It will be a wonderful, much needed addition to the yard. It has taken two summers and we are not done yet, but it is starting to look wonderful back there. I love it!

So, the pool may be closed now for the season, but there is plenty of yard work to do prepping for the fall, winter and spring seasons. I need to do that now and over the next few seasons because once the pool opens up again next summer I won't want to be doing yard work! Just saying!