Hello My Friends,
There is a bit of a nip in the air and mornings have been quite chilly...but it is supposed to warm up again and possibly even hit 80 by Thursday! What??!!?? That is crazy weather for the end of October. It is also terribly dry. Between the dryness and the wind, our township now has a Burn Ban in effect, so no fires in the pit for us.
How was your weekend? Ours was good. Lazy, but good. We went to CVS on Friday for our Tdap shots. Amazingly neither of us had any reaction to the shot - not even a sore arm! I actually felt pretty lousy over the weekend, but that feeling had started Thursday night before we got our shots. I think I must have had a touch of a little bug, but I'm feeling much better as of this morning.
Fletch spent most of Saturday and some time on Sunday dismantling the garden taking down trellis pieces, pulling spent plants (tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.). He also did a bit more work on the cold frame. And, he gathered the last of the tomatoes and (maybe) peppers (pepper plants are still standing and offering some green foliage in the otherwise brown garden).
I guess I'd best whip up some sauce or something with those tomatoes - and add in the peppers as well.
We have a little round metal table at the end of our picnic table and that is where I put peanuts in the shell for the jays and squirrels, etc. Sunday morning I spotted a raccoon at the table! By the time I turned around to get my phone for a picture, he had scurried off into the hedge between us and our neighbors. Mabel went outside looking like she was going to defend our property, but I guess thought better of it - she ended up huddling on the patio by our door (smart girl).
It's been decades since I've seen a raccoon on our property. We used to have them regularly when we were feeding some feral cats. Once Cheech and Chong (the ferals) disappeared, we gave up that practice. I enjoy having them around - and possums, skunks, etc., but I don't want to encourage any of them to be around regularly!
And that's a wrap for moi. Hope your week is getting off to a wonderful start!
