Wednesday, October 15th. Cool Sunshine. 47 degrees and 94 percent humidity.

 I colored this index card drawing yesterday.....and a few more...I don't have a great selection of coloring pens...I prefer pastels and husband purchased the LOUD color selection.  They show up....so it's okay even if it hurts my eyes and sensibilities.

1.  Lunch with M was lovely.  She is Such a Great Human Being.  Hard Working also.  There was some  extremely sad news but I am going to put it out of my mind.......

2.  I started the day with a nice hot shower.....most mornings I defer on the shower because falling and hitting my head on hard surfaces etc etc do not interest me.  Today I felt like I could manage a shower. And I did...it must have been the chocolate cake and whipped cream I had at lunch yesterday- and the potato chips.  I had a Lunch Date.  None of that food exists here in my house.

3.  I am faced with the TASK of emptying my two large plant containers out front and hauling dirt and the containers back to their Winter Abode.  I keep hoping for a "hero" but there isn't one coming to help me. I feel like my adult children are trying to teach me a lesson...on what I CAN have going forward and what I have to GIVE UP.   I think I can safely remove the dead (almost dead) plants......and get those dead flowers into the compost bin.  I did get them out there...with a wheeled cart of some sort......oh, getting old is really the crappiest part of Life.  Unless you purchase a cruise on a boat with free cocktails.

4.   I read the morning paper....big mistake.

5.   Well, the TiVo has finished recording one billion Law and Order episodes...no, 20 perhaps. I have what looks like an actual GOOD book to read....my score on book selecting this week is more minus that positive.... and my coffee needs to be reheated...then I will settle on the couch for a few hours (or more).

6. I happened upon a Soccer Game last evening....all the players were absolutely gorgeous. This is not normal.  And, the game itself wasn't very interesting.  So I went to bed early.

7.  I thought about it---nice hot shower this morning and the dirt outside?????  I'll stay clean and do a Scarlett O'Hara and "think about it tomorrow" while watching Antique's Roadshow...

Daily Notes on a Wet Chilly Tuesday in Maine. October 14th.

 No image for you today..... and no newspaper to read with my morning oatmeal.

I worked on the index cards a bit more yesterday but didn't take pictures of them....

Going to lunch today at 12.

Have to choose something "nice" to wear....not this old mended ragged red sweater.  Which I love.

I need to turn on some house lights.  You know the weather has changed when you need house lights.

And socks...when you need socks. And when you fuss with the thermostat.

I woke up crying.  So there's that to think about.

Or not think about.

Hope your day starts better than mine did.

Daily Notes- Monday October 13th. No wind, No Sun, No Rain. 51 degrees

 Your Daily Art on an Index Card

Emails from my Lawn Guy.   Going to be my Future Snow Plowing Guy.  Measuring my driveway etc on GOOGLE.  Fascinating... if I had grandchildren they would be around his age......but I don't.

1.  I made my "former" Lunch Buddy smile the other day....it felt good to be able to bring a smile to her face.  She looks tired and sad....we are not having Lunch Dates as she is fully booked with husband's medical appointments and care these days....

2.  I am finding Lady Bugs up along the ceiling of my master bathroom... Son was tall enough to reach them without climbing up on something....I took the four of them outside and relocated them on a Peony leaf.  I was going to have to climb up on something....."we" do not want me doing that. Another one is up there this morning,.......

3.  It's past time to empty and haul away the Annual Containers on the front sidewalks.   I had hoped for help...  sadly...no help is coming.  If it isn't raining  I might do it tomorrow...  today is not feeling like an Auspicious Day.

4.  I watched pieces of EVERY football game yesterday...while drawing on my index cards.  Even the Kansas City game. Yep.   There were some good parts to every game I watched. There was also the poor sportsmanship that ruins the game.  No clue as to who won what besides the Patriots game... we won.

5.  I am watching Season One of Dark Winds...repeats I have watched before....then I will watch the new Season Two episodes.  I might stop watching at any time and return to Law and Order.  

6.  I recorded a 30 minute program on PBS about a radio station in Maine...WMPG 90.9. 104. I rewound and listed and watched an unpaid guy doing the afternoon slot and rocking his heart out to a weather report of "We Are Having A Rain Storm".  If you can find it- it's well worth the effort.... if I was the sort to have things on my iPhone this is what I would put there first.  I would also have it here...but I would need help.  And no help is coming.....

Sunday, October 12th... Cloudy and cold this morning. 58 degrees

 I've been entertaining myself by drawing on index cards.  I had been coloring the drawing in with colored pencil...but this one hasn't been touched with color as yet.... I send some to my brother for his birthday.

1.  Arrangements are being made to take care of the Snow Plowing for the Season. Our biggest issue is the huge pile of snow deposited at the end of the driveway by the Street Plow... It's usually quite heavy and gets stuck in the snowblower.  I used to fill the shovel and then walk (shove) it across the street and dump it there..   Was younger then...

2.  Son collected the Lady Bugs setting up housekeeping in my shower.  Son thinks they got in during the window AC unit usage.  

3.  We are making an additional visit to the grocery store....I am out of yogurt, Bran Buds and the Strawberry Rhubarb Jam I add to my yogurt. And a replacement pizza dough.... the one we bought on Friday had a hole in the plastic packaging.  I also need mouthwash.  My list making capabilities suffered....