Daily Notes for Monday October 26th. Clouds and a bit of a chill on this October Morning.

 I have the backyard looking like this but not the chairs.  And wouldn't want to sit outside anyway.

I have yet to pull on my wool socks but I have had breakfast (oatmeal) and my electrolyte water and pills. My hair is a wild wide mess....uncontrollable.   Election news continues to bore me senseless with name calling and lies.. I all ready voted.

I am reading an old favorite book and skipping the plot points that have aggravated me from the beginning....the remainder of the book is quite lovely.....as are the characters...but the subplot stinks. When we roll off the main plot into the swamp.....omg I skip ALL the pages.....  But he hasn't swung by with the new AC unit as yet.... so I continue to read.   Agnes got a new AC unit from the Hit Man.  

There was Football yesterday...I have no recall of who played whom and stopped watching when my sweet potatoes were ready to exit the oven.   I will be having the sweet potatoes for lunch today.  I do not recall if today is grocery or library...I know...I should make an index card....to remind me.  There was no newspaper today as it's Monday....would be nice if there was also no news on tv because it's Monday.

I need to pull on my wool socks... Maine has decided Summer/Fall is over....Winter is next up..  There is zero sunshine.  As I proofread the Sun has arrived....very bright.  All the dew on the grass is sparkling.

I seemed to have discovered (yesterday) several packages of very very nice cards- the sort one sends to friends with a nice written letter inside.  I used to do that. I stopped because I got fewer and fewer letters in return...until I got NONE. And actually never heard from people again.  I often wondered what happened to them....still no clue. Letters I wrote started being returned by the post office.  I was getting the feeling  everyone else had MOVED on and left me behind with no forwarding address..  

Here, too, on the posts I write. People comment for a few years and then poof...never to be heard from again.  I feel like the fictional character in One Day in December who sends letters to dead people- no stamps.......in December.  I send all year not just in December.

Daily Notes for Sunday, October 25th. Pizza Day....Lots of sunshine but only 46 degrees.

 Camden Falls.. enjoy the Maine Sightseeing.

The Sunday newspaper was full of political opinions...Susan Collins isn't faring well.  Lots of negative opinions about her "Trump Butt Kissing"....... she does what she needs to do to keep the job I guess...only that has flipped and is no longer working for her..... I'm not saying the other option is better.. since he is what they call "a complete unknown".   I already voted.  Weeks ago (it seems)..... for the  "Complete Unknown".  I have NEVER voted for Collins in all the decades I have lived here in Maine.. I have never trusted her....to tell the truth.

The Sunshine is lovely today even thought it's not a warm sunshine.   The back lawn is getting overgrown and very very GREEN and the front lawn is NOT... Deer keep foraging in the back yard even though acorns are still abundant out front.  I had hoped the guys would come cut the grass one more time...but I guess not. Son has told me the lawn mower is in the garage.....when I asked.

I need to up the room temp..nope...I already did change the temp..  I'll just pull up the collar of my sweater.  As soon as I hit publish I'll go bury myself into the couch and the down lap blanket.  I used the heating pad to warm my legs up yesterday. 

A very very interesting (to me) article about Van Gogh's Starry Night.   Vincent painted what he actually saw in the night sky- not a product of Vincent's imagination as we had been told it was. A South Korean team reported their findings after years of forensic astronomy.  I have always loved that particular painting and thought it was in an Amsterdam Museum..  But it resides in the Modern Museum of Art in New York,

Close enough....that I might someday actually see it in person.

Daily Notes for Saturday, October 24th. Sunshine here in Maine... 47 degrees.

 I selected a white and yellow small flat decorative "pumpkin" yesterday while grocery shopping... I plan to use a nice black pen to draw designs etc on the surface. A different design in each wedge shape.

I have a number of Kid Friendly recipes to look at...they are usually simple and easy to prepare even for older people...some are eaten with a spoon...which is also easy for older people to manage.  And none of them require a knife.   The only thing easier is a sandwich. I finished the soup...need to make more.

Politics are cluttering the TV choices... reading helps fill the days.  There is often some British Soccer. And now that I am 80..I find napping so much easier to manage.  Just sit still and close my eyes. Done.

I continue to enjoy (I don't think the word conveys the cringing I do while watching). Storage Wars.  Big Heavy Men in Tank Tops???? cough. gag...... this is when I change the channel......

I am recording three Saturday PBS Cooking Shows for later.  Right now I am going to read until it's time to watch British Soccer.  That's my day.. I have some sorted piles of scrap cloth ready for stitching into squares.  Which involves threading needles....I might enjoy reading more.....  than sewing today.

Heating Oil is now over SIX DOLLARS a gallon- My tank holds 400 gallons. And doesn't last all Winter.  And I wear wool socks,  thermal shirts covered by wool sweaters and a nice down lap quilt when I sit on the couch with the heating pad going.  Reading a book.  From NOW (today) until April.  I haven't gotten the furnace past 60 in decades.  But the Sun is bright and warmish today. 

48 degrees. Outside. Grass is nice and green and needs to be mowed....

Daily Notes for Friday October 23rd, Grocery Day.....I need more food.

 Rockland, Maine Fall Foliage.  Not much color.

Another path in the woods reminding me of the area behind my house.  And the Daily Dog Walks. which always brings tears to my eyes....like right now.... I loved that dog. Always will.

I have lots of Thanksgiving Food images to the right for the Holiday Week's Posts.  Not sure what Son and I will actually make.  But we do agree on using REAL eggs this year... we used a liquid egg sub last year... and nothing turned out as it should...our pumpkin pie was a LAKE.  I ate the crust...Son was disgusted. by me eating the crust. It was a really good crust.

So grocery shopping today and I am....new to me....hungry.  I seemed to have outlived the lack of appetite  (it's been 3 years since he died) and now...will eat ....and actually enjoy food again.  I was surprised it had been 3 years..I was NOT keeping track.  The Lewiston Shooting had a story in the paper....I do recall that vividly.  Same time period...Same days and nights.

Heating Oil is going to be super expensive here in Maine.... all because Trump started something he couldn't or would not stop with Iran. Canadian Oil is available but Trump has screwed that source also. 

So...we are going to the grocery store as soon as my Son thinks I am sturdy enough.  Then home again. I have Fast Women to finish reading.... we haven't opened all the freezers as yet.... and the office couch hasn't collapsed as yet.....I'm telling you...... this small book has so much going on....... I intend to keep the book for the entire lending time of three weeks....keep reading it.  Sigh. And hope it's still on the library shelf when I want to read it again. Let's all hope it is!!!!!

Well, I should attempt to contain my hair and put on my wool socks...be ready to go when Son comes down the stairs...... the 25 cent fresh LL Bean pants I have on have a loose zipper... so I need to pay attention to that.... really!!!!!