Fire danger is low. Last week I commented that the Christmas tree harvests were still progressing without needing helicopters in spite of about 3 1/2 inches of rain the previous week.  The next day I saw a helicopter at one of the tree farms - but that was all I've seen.  This week has been much less wet, but still mostly cloudy and damp.  Birds are plentiful, and I'm finding lots of sign of deer browsing as I am clearing a trail up the hill to my selected Christmas tree.  The bracken grew to be 8 feet tall thanks to the early summer rain, and thistles and blackberry vines of a couple sorts prospered as well as grasses - that reached up to nearly 5 feet.  The rain this month has had the effect of bending the dried bracken and grass down somewhat.  Creek flow is still up a couple inches since the rain slowed.  A flock of about a dozen cackling geese was at a nearby pond this week.  I'm used to seeing 50+ there in winter, but maybe they haven't all arrived.  We haven't had a lot of freezing yet.  There are still a few good apples dangling on the tree, and a few green tomatoes in the garden lying on the ground.  The tree service company was clearing out around power lines on private property in the area this week.