Bare Recognitions

The beauty of fall is the changing of the leaves. Once the trees have dumped their load onto the yards, driveways, and streets, I was surprised to find beauty left behind. Driving around today, I noticed several birds' nests still perched high above in the branches. Most of these birds have already started their trek south. Will they come back to the same nest? If the nest gets knocked down during the winter by snow &/or winds, will the birds return to the same tree? The same town? Not being a birdwatcher myself, these are unanswered questions. Still, it's fascinating to see all the different types and sizes of nests.

Happy almost Thanksgiving.

More Indian Summer

It's November 17, and it's warmer outside than it is in. The humidity is so high, it's kinda mushy in the house. 66 degrees was the high this morning. It is supposed to cool down to a more normal level by the end of the day. Heavy rains last night. As I was listening to the rain beat on the new roof & windows, I was thinking that if it was like 35 degrees cooler, not only would the weather be normal, there might also be snow. Something Andrew is totally jonesin for as he told me he's ready for a wicked snowball fight. :)

The World as it is Now

Ya'll just got an email inviting you to view my blog. This means that you have permission to read it. Over the past couple of days, I've been getting some spam comments from an weird reader. Thus, the need to close off my blog to the world. If you know someone who would like to read my blog (someone who likes a giant time suck), then send me their email address, and I will add them. Why can't people just leave well enough alone on something that is personal?

Leaf It Be

Wow. Two blogs in one day. Must be a record. Ok, so the lawn mower wasn't really the best idea for the job. It picked up some leaves. Mulched more, and blew around even more. I actually used the "blow" feature to blow some leaves out into the street. Hope the neighbors weren't watching. Just noticed that the winds have blown all the leaves off my garage roof. They are the ones most likely in leaf bags in the garage. Driveway looks nice. Let's wait an hour. Windy day and leaf pickup do not mix. It's November 10th, and I'm sweating. Inside out.....

Inside Out

Doing laundry can be very insightful. As I'm spending just as much time turning Andrew's shirts and pants right side out for washing as I do folding them when clean, I realised that maybe my life is inside out. It's November 10th in northern New England. It's about 60 degrees and sunny. Yesterday, I think it hit 70 in some areas. Do we blame global warming? At the same time, there are sleds, shovels, and various deicing items on display in the stores. Light jackets have been packed away, and winter coats, scarves, gloves, & hats have been brought out. We need the light jackets today. This is the first full sunny day in a week. Tomorrow afternoon sometime, it is supposed to start raining again for the next couple of days. Tuesday, the town is actually picking up the leaf bags - normally one has to load all the bags in one's car and schlep down to the transfer station (i.e. dump) to unload - curbside. You are thinking, "Well Rehfeld get your lazy arse out there and clean up your leaves!" I'd love to. Our one sunny day in a week and before the leaf pickup. It's windy as hell. I'll do a cursory passthrough with the mower. No raking up piles today. They'll just blow away. Inside out.....

Autumnal Tips

It's been rainy and cool over the past couple of days. Last night, apparently, it was windy. My car was covered with leaves. Being a much warmer day today, I decided to roll down the windows; a-to clear the rain drops & b-to clear the leaves from the window. Well, folks, wipe the leaves off the windows BEFORE rolling them down, because guess what, leaves blow INTO the car.

I'm all ready for the snow. Bought an ice scraper/brush combo for the car. Brought the shovel from garage and put it in the basement. Bought two reflector thingies to go at the end of the driveway to let the plow folks know where my driveway is. Andrew now has long underwear, and we are space heater/humidifier ready.

Andrew would really like to see some snow. He would really like to have a snowball fight. I want to plop Natasha into a snow bank. teehee.

Happy Veterans Day/weekend.