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Fall in New England. Is there any more beautiful time of year? We are expecting peak time for peeping at leafs this weekend and all next week. Coupled with the brilliant blue skies lately, it is almost magic. Pumpkins have been showing up on doorsteps, and halloween decorations have begun to appear. It is still nice enough to only need a sweatshirt or sweater until the sun sets most days. Then you are likely to need a coat. The heat has kicked on exactly twice (I've got it set on 62, and haven't felt the need to raise it yet) when the night temps plummeted.
Typical New England activity in the fall - I went apple picking last weekend with some local friends. Have more apples than I really know what I'm going to do with - but they are good eating. The gala apples are my favorite, but the cortlands have been good, too. I also picked a few macintosh. It was a lovely afternoon wandering amongst the trees. The farm we went to had free-range bunnies and free-range chickens, piglets in an enclosure, and another enclosure with goats, geese, and a donkey. And hay rides! The farm also does pick-your-own berries in season (as well as pears and peaches and pumpkins). Maybe next summer I'll go back for that. The farm was wall-to-wall children - big family outings. Bet they are even more busy this coming weekend for their big harvest festival.
Saw my folks on Sunday. My mom and I talked most of the afternoon as my dad was off golfing with my brother. My brother is installing baseboard heating in his house, and my dad is helping him. My dad's price? Go golfing with him! So silly.
Had my yearly physical today - although I haven't had one in a few years so calling it "yearly" is not accurate. Got a tetanus shot (ow), a flu shot (and ow), and they tried to take blood (ow again - needles! what is with these needles?). My veins, they hide. They had to send me across the hall to the lab for the experts to get the blood (so feeling like a pin cushion right now). Will find out the results of all that in a week or so, but I am not anticipating anything unusual. Other than my doctor wants me to take a calcium supplement with vitamin D. So health-wise, I seem to be doing well so far.
I am planning my entry to Project Wizard for Azkatraz. I think I've decided on my time period. Now I just need to plan it all out. Fabric choices, color choices! What do I have, and what do I want? I'm still thinking it through. My deadline for the design is November 12 - since I leave for Minneapolis on November 13 and will be there until November 22 - I've got to turn it in early. It will be fun!
Typical New England activity in the fall - I went apple picking last weekend with some local friends. Have more apples than I really know what I'm going to do with - but they are good eating. The gala apples are my favorite, but the cortlands have been good, too. I also picked a few macintosh. It was a lovely afternoon wandering amongst the trees. The farm we went to had free-range bunnies and free-range chickens, piglets in an enclosure, and another enclosure with goats, geese, and a donkey. And hay rides! The farm also does pick-your-own berries in season (as well as pears and peaches and pumpkins). Maybe next summer I'll go back for that. The farm was wall-to-wall children - big family outings. Bet they are even more busy this coming weekend for their big harvest festival.
Saw my folks on Sunday. My mom and I talked most of the afternoon as my dad was off golfing with my brother. My brother is installing baseboard heating in his house, and my dad is helping him. My dad's price? Go golfing with him! So silly.
Had my yearly physical today - although I haven't had one in a few years so calling it "yearly" is not accurate. Got a tetanus shot (ow), a flu shot (and ow), and they tried to take blood (ow again - needles! what is with these needles?). My veins, they hide. They had to send me across the hall to the lab for the experts to get the blood (so feeling like a pin cushion right now). Will find out the results of all that in a week or so, but I am not anticipating anything unusual. Other than my doctor wants me to take a calcium supplement with vitamin D. So health-wise, I seem to be doing well so far.
I am planning my entry to Project Wizard for Azkatraz. I think I've decided on my time period. Now I just need to plan it all out. Fabric choices, color choices! What do I have, and what do I want? I'm still thinking it through. My deadline for the design is November 12 - since I leave for Minneapolis on November 13 and will be there until November 22 - I've got to turn it in early. It will be fun!
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