A Surprise! 10/6/26

 Good Morning All,

Another chilly morning - 45 according to my phone.  I have a long sleeved tee shirt on with PJ pants and a shawl wrapped around my shoulders.  Feeling cozy.

Once again I have not been stitching, but eventually I will.  Right now my days seem to be filled with other things.

Look at that blue sky!  This photo was taken yesterday, the 5th of October, and if you click to enlarge you will see there are a couple of blooms on our apple tree!  This has happened before - I remember coming home from a Fall camping trip to blooms on the tree.  So not unusual, but still a surprise.

A funny story about the apples.  They are almost all gone now.  The ones that are left are pretty high up.  On Saturday the lawn guys came to (finally) cut our grass.  One of the workers was walking around with his blower or weed whacker holding it up high and knocking down apples.  Then he would pick them up and put them in his pocket!  LOL

Fletcher also discovered that we finally have buds on our morning glory!  Maybe it will bloom before a frost kills it all.  Our figs are plentiful, but still not ripening.  Not sure that will happen.  I read up on them and it does not pay to pick them early and try to ripen them inside - doesn't work.  But I did see that we do indeed have more zinnias blooming in the garden and there are still two cucumbers that are just about ready to pick!

I'm off to spend the day with Iris.  I hope your Tuesday finds you discovering some lovely surprises!

Weekending 10/5/26

 Good Morning My Friends,

So, October is here!  I took a few days off from blogging and October snuck right in.  The garden is definitely looking spent and I may have picked the last (or next to the last) zinnias.  After a few days in the house they are looking weary as well, but still pretty.

They kind of blend right in with my Fall themed tablecloth.

Well, after successfully avoiding chores for a couple of weeks, Thursday found me jumping right into them.  And, there was lots to do.  Bathrooms were scrubbed, shower curtains washed, towels washed, sheets changed and sheets washed.  You get the idea.  And Friday morning found me back at it dealing with a very dirty kitchen floor.  Luckily my massage booked for 10:30 Friday morning put an end to doing chores!

My massage was wonderful!  Pure bliss.  Mallory, my massage therapist seems to know exactly where to focus her attention.  I had been having some awful headaches for close to two weeks, and I walked out after my massage completely headache free!

Friday afternoon I went to a local nursery and picked up more mums for the front area as well as a couple of pumpkins.  I also got a Black Futsu Pumpkin which is a type of rare Japanese heirloom winter squash.

I LOVE winter squash and I'm looking forward to trying this one.  Last week we had an Autumn Frost squash which is a new one to me.  It is a cross between a butternut and kabocha squash and is very, very tasty.

There was also a little bit of excitement here as somehow a sparrow ended up in the house!  Fletch called to me and there it was sitting on a curtain rod in the living room.  Not sure if Mabel brought it in or if it flew in on its own when a door was open.  We were not successful in capturing it but have not seen or heard it since.  Hopefully it found its way out - we left doors open for a little bit.  Hopefully it is not dead under a piece of furniture - I guess we will know in a little bit if an awful stench is suddenly present!

Saturday was another beautiful day where we ended up at Colin & Mailing's for dinner and an evening fire.  It was the perfect evening for sitting around a fire.  Sunday was a somewhat wet and lazy day.

How was your weekend?