Sorry to hear about her uncle. I guess she wants to be around to make sure you don't kill yourself with those holes while she's gone! lol
Autumn is most certainly arriving, even there in southern California it's a bit cooler. Fortunately it never really gets cold!
I would just like to throw down the seed and take care of the bare spots, which I still might do. YEah, we lived in SoCal for a couple years back in the early 90s. I was stationed at Pendleton. The weather there is nice.