Daily Notes- Friday October 2nd, Sunshine here in Maine and 71 degrees

It's a lovely day here in Maine.

Art above is from some place that serves up images every so often... When I see something like this, I wonder why I stopped painting....by now I might have been passably "not too awful".  I have no idea where my tubes of paint are... I do have the large tube of white acrylic handy...but only that tube.

Perhaps when daughter drags a few more packing cartons down to sort thru (this winter) we might find the rest of the tubes of paint.  The watercolors have always been close by.....

The weather here in Maine is just great...the weather channel made you all think it was terrible with eat "storm"...we didn't even have much wind and certainly high tide was up...but that's what usually happens when the entire east coast is on the Atlantic Ocean.  All in all it was "nothing to see here".... the lights didn't even flicker.  Well, one did but it was letting us know we needed a fresh bulb.

Contrary to what you are reading in your newspaper about drought.... in Maine......my grass has never looked greener or healthier than it does right now. Out back...the front lawn was over fertilized and still looks terrible.  I blame Tru-Green for that.

Grocery Shopping....

 

Daily Notes for Thursday October First. Sunshine here in Maine. 64 degrees

 We may have had this image before but I like it.. makes me smile...and that's a very good thing.

The Lawn guys showed up yesterday and mowed, edged and used the blower to remove any grass and leaves off the driveway and sidewalks and even the front porch.  Possibly some of the acorns as well. They have great attention to detail. Daughter will be starting work on the landscaping some time this month....rather than start in on more Attic Boxes right away... ease into it.

Son replaced a light bulb which was flickering in a very scary HORROR MOVIE way....new tech bulb he explained.  An older model would have just stopped lighting up. New ones flash to say  "get a new bulb".Exchanged it for a new out of package one identical to it.  I'm an old tech woman in a new tech world, I guess.

My hair, this morning' feels like it's 2 feet wide and scary as hell.  If anyone rings the doorbell they will turn and run when I open the door.

I put my new driver's license in my wallet...this morning.. checked twice.to see if it was the new one. I look exactly like I did three years ago.  Same soccer hair and everything.  Surprised Me.

Today was "replace the old desk calendar" with the new page for October.  October is usually when I start making Vegetable Soup.   It's an easy meal....I started making it years ago.... comfort food.   Back then I needed any sort of comfort I could get.    

I'm hoping Storage Wars is on today.... it's mindless entertainment and it's what I want right now...  I have books to read but that seems like more work than I want right now.....

Daily Notes for Wednesday, September 30th. Clouds here in Maine. 61 and 85% humidity.

 

Images of Winter Vegetables today.  Storage Vegetables.  Soup Vegetables.

Well, my brand new Driver's License showed up in the mail yesterday...  I had my hair pulled back Soccer Style...little top knot.  The WILD WIDE So very White look wasn't what I wanted for the next 4 years.  I save that look for in the house...... or answering the door when people knock...scary...it's a very scary look. Crazy Old Woman Look.

My son wanted me to have the license...not to EVER DRIVE but to have for Identification.  So now I can be Identified..... I guess.  Library Card isn't really an ID.

It's sort of dark, cloudy and damp here in Maine.  The grass continues to recover its green color. The lawn guys haven't been around in..it feels like ...a very long time.  They could come mow the acorns off the lawn????   That would be okay with me.

I'm going to spend the day reading and possibly closing my eyes and even sleeping a bit.  Or just listening to the silence in the house.  The house has really gotten quiet the past few years.  Anyway..my book is waiting and the couch also.  Cloth has been begging for attention but I'm just not interested.  I walk past the projects.....and stop to look.. then keep walking.

As for SOUP?????   I'll let you know tomorrow.

Daily Notes for Tuesday September 29th. Rain overnight here in Maine....light rain.

 Tortellini Soup.   A New Addition to my every week vegetable soup as we edge toward Winter? I think it would add 'bulk" to have tortellini in the mix and fill me up......

I have the House Lights on....we had rain overnight....things look damp outdoors and the birdbaths are full of water.  Even the one out back..... the lamp behind me started flashing like it was having a stroke or something,,,,none of the other lamps were affected.  I turned it off.  I will have the House Engineer take a look.  When I see him.

I read my book yesterday instead of watching tv.   This is something I will do more often...the TV I watch or can stand watching is really boring.  I watch ZERO news.  I read the paper in the morning and that's enough.  I still Try to do the Suduko and the Word Jumble....I'm not very good at either.

Tomorrow is the National Day for Truth in Canada.  Would be good to have something like that here ???

I got up to see if there was any tortellini in the freezer or pantry...NO

That's it for today....