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....

Daily Notes- Saturday, October 11th. Sunny and 57 degrees here in Maine. Wool Socks.

 Well.   Another Saturday without British Soccer.   what will I do with myself????

1.  I have recorded the two Saturday Cooking Shows I watch.  And I stockpiled some Law and Order as one would stock a pantry before a pandemic.

2.  My shots had little to zero effect on me...no aches, no fever etc...  I noticed the person doing the shots aimed higher on my shoulder than usual.....which might be the best placement ever.

3.  Finished off the recored episodes I had of the PBS series of Professor T.  I now have vintage Law and Order to watch.  I also have two different editions of recorded Pride and Prejudice... which I may have outgrown.   

4.  Today's book is "definitely not mr. darcy". by karen doornebos....the author uses no caps.  A  modern reality show set in the 1800's with all the smells........no cell phones, no indoor plumbing,  no deodorant. The comment blurbs are by other authors of similar books- PrIde and Promiscuity, the Jane Austen Handbook, and the Lost memoirs of Jane Austen.   I have in my bookcase Austenland...same idea.

5.  September and October have become very Austen here at my house (this year)....I also have recorded three Hallmark "Austen-like" movies which I watch....in one that I particularly like...the Librarian who Loves Darcy hits her head and goes back into Time and finds Mr Darcy to "not be her actual "cup of tea"'. I'm not sure I would actually like Darcy......how about you?????