October 27, 2013

The dark days have been hanging over us for about a week and it already feels like November here. We are hopeful of some more sun early in the week. Yesterday was awesome in terms of cheering on favorite teams. The Ducks won and so did the Cards. Life is good. My cousin Cheryl celebrated her birthday by going dancing all weekend. Lots of little great stories going on and even heard from cousins regarding my genealogy so all good. Met some friends for lunch at Party Downtown yesterday and we all had awesome food. I had biscuits and chanterelle gravy and meatloaf.....How is that for a brunch? I bought a breadpudding we could all share. It was caramel apple with a doughnut flair......we didn't leave a crumb of that one behind. Then a friend on FB showed me a neat app for making Halloween photies of friends and what fun I had with that one. It was even easy to do.

I can see clearly now

October 24th 2013 Today I noticed some odd symptoms with my eyes and got in to see my eye doctor who established although there was a basis for the "floater" in my eye, I was right to get it checked out. I appreciate him taking the time to see me and reassure me . Sometimes we don't know what we have until we might lose it. I couldn't imagine a world without sight. I am so very thankful today. The leaves never looked more brilliant and colorful than they did on my way home...of course I had a dilation and even had more colors in the surroundings due to the chemical agents used but if you saw a woman driving today with sun glasses in the fog, know she wasn't crazy just immensely grateful for knowing her eyes were ok today.

Wednesday October 23, 2013 Unusual weather for us and we have cool foggy mornings followed by warm sun and almost 70 degrees yesterday but not complaining. My cousin in Illinois says possible snow there today and hard to believe after spending hot days in August there with dripping humidity. I could become a fan of global warming if this is the trade-off. It won't last here and soon the dark days of Winter will hit. Finally got the last of the tomato vines out of the garden and most of the patio stuff is put away. Working on Halloween trick or treat bags and that is coming up quickly. October is a lovely month for colors and remains a favorite with me. The trees are absolutely brilliant and at their peak before the rains hit.

Summer Vacation

October 18, 2013. We took a very long and interesting trip this past Summer to 9 states. It was a combination driving and flying venture and we really enjoyed all the sights. Driving from Eugene to Boulder, Colorado where we spent a week at the Mars Society Conference and visiting Diane and Allen in nearby Evergreen. Lots of fun catching up with our cousins and getting ready for our flight into Indianapolis, Indiana where we got a rental car to drive to Ohio, Indiana and Illinois where we visited many relatives and enjoyed a typical hot and muggy Midwest Summer.