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And Summer’s Lease Hath All Too Short A Date

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The title of this post was written by Shakespeare and it’s one of my favorites. It’s from Sonnet 18 – Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? 

I’m really feeling that this morning as I notice the coneflowers turning brown, the gardens looking ragged, the light changing. It’s still officially summer and will be until later on in September, but we all know that we think of Labor Day as the day we move on to autumn. It always leaves me feeling a bit melancholy.

It’s a quiet day here. There’s less traffic on our heavily traveled road. The sun has come out after a rainy day yesterday. I had a good coaching session yesterday and have another one scheduled for tomorrow. But today? I’m going to take it easy. Get back to my painting. Listen to the new vinyl version of Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water  album. Don ordered it the other day because we started talking about The Boxer and how much we love that song and then realized it wasn’t on any of our CDs.

I hope you have a lovely day today. Enjoy.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.

Wednesday

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The cottage in yesterday’s late afternoon sun. It was a beautiful day, sunny and warm. I was able to open the windows during the afternoon for some fresh air.

Today? Rain. And you’ll notice some handled tools near our door. Snow shovels. We’re going to get a fair amount of snow and sleet on Sunday and Monday.

May I just say YUCK? Not at all excited about it. Of course, I know our choice to live here comes with snow. But after…67 years minus the 8 years I lived in California…59 years of this stuff, I’m over it. I will do my best to have a positive attitude, however.

It will take some work.

Note how green our grass is! We’ve had so much rain this autumn that it’s quite long and very green.

I’m really enjoying The Essex Serpent  by Sarah Perry. I’m about 2/3 of the way through.

The winner of a copy of Body Leaping Backward:Memoir of a Delinquent Girlhood  is Noelle Sweeney. Congratulations! Noelle, I’ll email you, but if you see this first, please email me at the address on my sidebar and give me your mailing address. Thank you!

Happy Wednesday.

Saturday

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The excitement is growing here at the cottage!

There’s lots to do between now and tomorrow, but I’m confident we have it all under control. Meanwhile, Don is taking portraits at a Fall Fair in our neighborhood for a few hours this afternoon.

We had a frost last night, and while I don’t think it was a hard frost, the morning glories look like they may be done, as well as some other tender plants. I brought the Boston Fern inside. The other porch flowers look okay so far, though some of the impatiens might be gone. I’ve decided I’m going to place them all outside the porch on benches and chairs, as it looks like it might rain enough to keep them moist while I’m gone. If they make it, great. If they don’t, I’ll be okay, as they won’t have much more time after that. There’s definitely a change in the weather around here as we head toward the end of October and the beginning of November.

All the things you have to think about – especially at this time of year!

Both Don and I got hair cuts yesterday. I got a couple of inches taken off and I’m glad I did. Last year, I didn’t have time to do that before we left and I felt that my hair looked ragged. Don took this pic after I got home.

Okay. Lots to do today. I have to get moving.

Happy Saturday.

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