From our walk the other day: that’s our town’s park and the mountains in the distance. We see the same mountains from our house. This particular view is near our library, where we stopped to pick up some newly arrived books.
The rail trail.
There are some days I just don’t have a whole lot to say and this is one of them!
Stream of consciousness: I woke up with a slight headache and it’s still with me. My coffee is getting cold. I can hear somebody mowing their lawn in the distance. It’s sunny, but there is frost on the car windshield. Don is sitting in an old chair of ours and every time he moves, it creaks. Loudly. I need to clean the windows – this is the time when the sun streaming through the windows shows me how dirty they are. But when I clean them, they quickly get dirty again. Tonight it’s going down to 28 degrees and that will be the case for the next 3 days – then it gets warmer for another week. So – you guessed it – I’ll be moving all the porch plants into the shed for the weekend. I have to read a huge chunk of my book today and tomorrow. It’s due on Sunday. The librarians and I were laughing about that. Turns out it’s very common for 2 or 3 books in a queue to arrive at once. We’ve been watching the series Homeland, which originally aired about 10 years ago. It is excellent. We are glued to the television every night.
And that’s my little monologue for this morning. It’s been a lovely fall, but the increasingly bare trees are a depressing sight. I’ll get used to it.
12 days until midterms. VOTE.
Stay safe.
Happy Friday.
Good Morning Claudia! I hope your head feels better soon. Those little bits of “consciousness” are so important! They are the “hum drum” Now” that is so sought in all the “isms” we can think of… they are just fragments of life. They are precious! Thank you for sharing them. We all seek a commonality somewhere… the place we feel comfortable and where we belong…. I think it is in those in-between moments where we have it the most. I sometimes wonder about my Great Grandmothers’ in-between moments… the people we never knew but who brought us here… and lived a life so different we can’t really understand it now… but they all had those in-between moments too! Enjoy your moments, they are lovely pieces of life.
Beautifully written, Betsy. Thank you so very much.
Stay safe.
You live in a lovely area for hikes! Hope you have a nice weekend, Claudia!
Thank you, Ellen! You, too.
Stay safe.
‘I had a lovely trip with my family to Jekyll Island. What a joy to spend time with them all. I will vote next week as the early voting Library location will be open and easy for me to get too. I am ready for some lovely fall weather.
So glad you had a good time with the family, Linda!
Stay safe.
hope your headache is long gone by now. and that you get plenty of time to read (especially between now and sunday) and enjoy those beautiful mountains, park and trail.
i happened to wash windows yesterday (four of them and three doors, on a beautiful day). felt good, they look good. worth it. recommended … just be careful on any ladders. :)
happy, safe friday to you, don and everyone else.
and echoing … yes, please vote!
kathy
Actually – not worth it for me. We have a lot of windows and we get a lot of wind and rain, so the clean windows are ruined almost immediately.
Thanks, Kathy.
Stay safe.
oh, too bad. i actually like washing windows, would do that for you if i could. hope you have a lovely weekend anyway.
kathy
xo
My husband is never happy with me when I wash the windows, as they become so reflective birds crash into them and either die or are injured.
He is correct, of course.
There: I’ve given you the perfect reason and excuse not to wash yours! Our birds are much more important than clean windows.
He IS correct! Thank you, Denise. That is the perfect reason not to wash my windows.
Stay safe.
Ohhh! I Love that reason too! Now I will not feel so guilty that I didn’t get to it this year! :):)
Hi Claudia, We loved watching Homeland! Sorry it is over. We need something new to watch. I think Virgin River is going to start soon. My birthday was yesterday but I did absolutely nothing until we went out for dinner. A cute little Italian place that had an outside patio. The weather was beautiful. So today I did absolutely nothing again but watch football. The colors by you are beautiful!
Have a good week.
Happy Belated Birthday, Deb!
Thanks so much.
Stay safe.