Life in our little cottage in the country
A photo of the daffodils at our little library, taken when we were in the midst of our walk yesterday.
This is a day when my stress level is high, my friends, so I’m going to make this brief. Thank you for understanding.
Enjoy your day and the eclipse.
Stay safe.
Happy Monday.
We’ve ignored Monty far too long. It’s high time I post a photo of him.
We found him in a little shop not long after we moved to New York. We were quite taken with the expression on his face. Several Christmases ago, I added the “necklace.” And there it has stayed.
Well, we had an earthquake yesterday.
Apparently.
We didn’t feel it. Nothing. At first I thought that maybe it was concentrated in NJ, PA, and NYC. Not here. But later in the day I saw the FB page for my little town and it seems like EVERYONE who lives here felt it. As did a friend in Woodstock, which is north of us, and friends across the river in Poughkeepsie.
We were home. We weren’t driving anywhere. I was sitting at the table working on my puzzle. Don was in the living room.
Nothing.
It’s the strangest thing! After we first moved out here, we experienced one mild earthquake in NY. We had at least one in Michigan when I was growing up. And goodness knows, I experienced them in California, both when we lived there full time and when I was there temporarily coaching for the Globe. So it’s not as if we haven’t experienced them before.
It’s a mystery and I guess we’ll never figure it out.
So, we’re fine. Though, we kind of wish we’d experienced it.
It’s supposed to rain a bit this morning. Hopefully, I can get outside this afternoon and do some work. Yesterday ended up being too windy for me – pollen flying around and allergies are not a good combination. So I stayed in.
In the meantime, there is laundry to do, puzzles to solve, books to read, and a great husband to adore.
Stay safe.
Happy Saturday.
Wednesday was a day of torrential rain. It never stopped. I even heard thunder, which is rare this time of year. Don left the house at 5 am and returned around 10:15. His work day was 12 hours, routine for filming (the same hours I worked on Spoiler Alert.) But when you add in the 90 minute commute to Yonkers, where they filmed, you work a very long day. Don had a good time on that set, he loved the director and the cast. He was more than a bit stressed heading into Wednesday as he hadn’t worked in so long. But once he got there, it was all very familiar.
I’m proud of him. And, he has two more episodes in a month or so. He forgot to tell me that! “Didn’t I tell you??” No. You did not. It’s so good to see him working again in a profession he has been a part of for over 50 years.
I started this puzzle, which was the cheapest 1000 piece puzzle I could find on Amazon, most likely because it has an autumn theme. It kept me sane while the rain was pounding on the roof.
It’s cold again and will be for the next couple of nights. Next week will be warmer. Finally!
I’m reading Daniel Silva books like crazy. I read many of his spy thrillers in the past but somehow stopped reading them around 9 years ago. This time around, I started with his newest and I’m working my way backwards to where I left off. Though I’m not certain exactly where I left off. He’s such a good writer, the kind of writer who writes so well that I become completely immersed in the plot and can’t put it down. I’m grateful for having found him again.
I hope to get outside today to do some more work. There is much to be done!
Stay safe.
Happy Friday.
