We are happily home and enjoying open windows, fresh light, and bird song, though I did just close the windows and turn on the heat. What a temperature contrast. It has been 30 degrees centigrade in Hong Kong, pretty much day and night, and with high humidity. When we landed in San Francisco at 1:30 this afternoon, it was 15 degrees centigrade and the streets were wet.. Hooray! The "kittens" are thrilled we are home, and we are thrilled to be home. Wendy left fresh flowers for us on the kitchen table and all is well. The big surprise is how not-green it is here. It always seems green to me, but Hong Kong is lushly green, so there is a contrast. Also, many trees lost their leaves while we were gone. The pumpkin patch is open and we settle into fall. Hooray!! Autumn calls.