Sunday, Sept. 22 was the first official day of the fall season, and while the days are still reasonably warm and sunny, the inexorable trudge toward winter is officially underway.

First-time Open Studios Art Tour artist John Wells told his family he was going to apply for the annual county-wide art show for many years, and finally did this year. The Boulder Creek-based wood-turner will display his masterful bowls, vessels and platters turned from wood found in local forests during next weekend’s open studios.