Daily Notes- November 1st. COVID. On My Mind.

Winter Squash (name starts with a Kaboche? but I can't remember how to spell it) Baked.  Didn't get the picture in with the recipe.

An overwintering plant service in the upstairs bathroom.  I keep the heat up there (the Magic Attic) at 48.  Daughter brings over zone 6 plants-ten in one gallon pots.  We are a zone 5 mostly.  My yard at times struggles between zones 4 and 5. For context Florida is a zone 13.  I also have her Mandevilla vine over wintering here.  My friend in North Carolina had them in her yard as landscaping shrubs .  In Maine, they are annuals. Summer container plants. But daughter wants to save money and keep it over the winter. Okay.

We decided to not turn on the porch light for Halloween. So candy wasn't an issue.  Daughter lives closer to center of Town and more traffic.  She also didn't decorate or turn on porch light.  Others just left a bowl of candy on sidewalk.  It was a very quiet night.

The Canham Scottish romance got me to page 50 and then moved itself to the return book pile.  4 for 4. Lots and lots and lots of words and very few of them interesting to me.  

Watched a Hallmark movie with "Real Broadway Stars. The future king of Galway (very very strange hair) is snowbound with the Queen (his mother) in a very snowy out of the way spot that is somehow "on the way to the airport" and their private jet. They travel with a small suitcase heavy with the Royal Jewels- thought the Queen seems to favor pop beads made of plastic. Oh Hallmark- what a mistake.

The real Broadway stars certainly "acted" and at the end gave us a very professional and show worthy tango waltz.  Very strange. And the Prince who would be King had on a snap on bow tie with his tux that had flopped over and the snap part was visible on the back of his collar and looked ever so stupid. ALL of the other wardrobe for the Prince had been impeccably European. Until the very romantic end.  Then he looked like he had been dressed very rapidly by Walmart.  Who was in charge?  For another evening he had on a very very nice black tux.  Why not use it again.  And who wears a shiny silver tux????

We have hopes of actually seeing the Patriots play today.  1 pm.  I am guessing all they have left to set out on the field is the practice squad and just out of college quarterback.  Their injured reserve in the sport section took up two paragraphs.  We had hoped to see Brady and the Bucs but they are on ESPN again.  We don't pay for that.  We will try to watch the Titans.  I like that team quite a lot- coached by a former Patriot's Defensive Star. Who was traded away rather than getting a raise in pay.  And holds a grudge. I am thinking Brady holds quite a grudge as well.  Patriots losing and Bucs winning. Gotta be mighty sweet.