smoke and lavender sounds like a fabulous colour combination, but "sensory muffs" also sound delightful!

The trees in my two closest parks are definitely embracing autumnal blaze-of-glory, but, weirdly, the park-with-the-pond, where I went today, is still mostly green-leafed, except for the alders in the pond itself.

I hope you (plural) have been enjoying the additional company, and Beast passed a good birthday!