Day Two Hundred Eighty Five 2012

Snapshots From A Thursday In October

Lunch with Peeps in the park

Sky was blue and then it wasn’t

Walk around the block stepping on dying leaves

“I've got nothing to do today but smile.”
~Simon and Garfunkel

Day Two Hundred Eighty Four 2012

Fall break is winding down. Grandpeeps Shelby and Elijah are spending the night with us tonight. They love the Indiana Jones movies, and they’ve seen them all—except for the first one. Neil rented Raiders Of The Lost Ark from Blockbuster (amazingly still in business). We had the best time watching this movie. I’ve seen it dozens of times, but it’s a blast watching it with people who have never seen it. Shelby and Elijah loved it (Elijah stayed awake until the end). I never get tired of this classic movie. I may have to break down and buy a copy.

Day Two Hundred Eighty Three 2012

Grandpeeps Shelby and Elijah are on fall break this week and spent the day with me. The day started out with the first frost in our area, too cold to go outside, so we spent most of the day being slugs, until the sun took some of the chill off this afternoon. And a beautiful blue sky October day it was—perfect for batting the ball around and swinging on the backyard swing.

Day Two Hundred Eighty Two 2012

I couldn’t find any global warming, so I lit a candle. I feel all toasty just looking at it. The temps here in the mid-South should warm back up into the normal range in the next day or two. I hope.

Day Two Hundred Eighty One 2012

I cut my little homegrown pumpkin from the rogue pumpkin vine growing beside the deck. I’m amazed it survived the heat and drought this past summer, not to mention the insects, the lawn mower, and the powdery mildew that finally covered the pumpkin vine leaves. It will eventually turn orange—I hope before it dies. And when it dies, I’ll toss it outside beside the deck into the dirt from whence it came, cover it with dead leaves and see what happens next spring.