I walked around back tonight as the sun was getting low. I like how these virginia creeper leaves are backlit, illuminating their fall color.
Oct 23, 2010
Oct 22, 2010
Friday. Full Moon’s Eve. Game 6 of ALCS – Rangers v Yankees.
It’s all good.
I carved the pumpkins tonight. 1 week out, so they ought to last.
I wish for you a wonderful weekend.
Oct 21, 2010
Today Monte and Marty pulled the catboat out of the lake (for only the 2nd time) and brought her home. Thanks, again, to Marty for lending his time and his truck 🙂 This time we have the shop to put it in and working in there will be nicer than working outside.
I see sandpaper in my future.
Oct 20, 2010
After the zinnias had just about enough of the summer heat, we cleared them out and planted more from seed about a month or so ago. We have a nice set of a dozen or so plants that will hopefully get to flower before the first freeze. I really enjoyed having fresh cut zinnias in the house all summer. Maybe we’ll have a few to take us through the end of Autumn.
Oct 19, 2010
Tuesday night. I’ve got my first batch of lentil soup of the season on the stove. Monte was playing the piano and now has queued up the vinyl.
Dave Brubeck, Greatest Hits, Side 2. Old school.
Life is good.
Oct 18, 2010
Today IBM announces 3rd quarter earnings after hours. The stock has been building up all year to its current price of almost $143/share. This is a picture of a chart showing performance over last 30 years. That’s as far back as eTrade goes. Current price is all-time high.
Hmmmm. I wish my crystal ball wasn’t broken.
Oct 17, 2010
I’ve ended up with quite a few of these Willow Tree angels – many were gifts from friends and family. These are the angels of: hope, the heart, warmth and love (left to right).
Even if you don’t believe that there are angels among us, these little figurines are reminders in a crazy world of the goodness that surrounds us.
Oct 16, 2010
We spent a wonderful day on the lake today. For the beercan regatta I crewed for Lori on Camelot. It was her first race and my first time working the rigging by myself. I had a blast.
At sunset the wind pretty much died altogether, and all 4 boats inched their way to the finish line. That freed me up to get the camera and take a few shots. This tree stood out against the brown/green/gray background, especially in the light of the setting sun.
Oct 15, 2010
With year round sailing possible in this part of the country, it’s always hard to pick the right time to take the boat out of the water. We’ve picked this time of year since it’s not too cold and not too hot to be working on it in the shop.
We have lots of sanding, varnishing, painting and patching planned.
Tonight we folded up the sail. This weekend we’ll bring home the spars. And probably next week unstep the mast. Then maybe trailer it and bring it home next weekend or the following.
For now, i’m just very glad it is Friday.
Have a great weekend!
Oct 14, 2010
It’s going to be chilly tonight. Weather guy says possibly into the 40s. Yikes. It’s time to find the comforter.
I stepped outside this evening and saw a very bright, quarter moon lighting things up above the live oaks. This moon will become the Full Hunter moon on the 23rd.
Oct 13, 2010
Today I took my change jar to the bank to cash it in. $131….. woo hooo!
Oct 12, 2010
Tomato Tuesday. It was a slow day. Work and such.
Tonight is the last night in Austin for our friend, Devin. We met him downtown for dinner. Tomorrow he’s off for Cincinnati.
Oct 11, 2010
Our friends Marty and Sue were sweet to let us borrow their Wii Resort game. They showed us the Island Flyover game in which you fly a plane over an island resort to find shooting targets and pop balloons.
I’ve said before that the Wii game is our speed of computer gaming. This airplane game is a fun one, but can also lead to sleep deprivation. It’s just a little addictive 😉
10/10/10
Sunday – the close of another beautiful weekend. I had to work today, but enjoyed some homemade pizza tonight.
These are tiny beers from Cincinnati called Little Kings. I had my first one ever today. Not bad.
Today is 10/10/10. For those of you that are fans of the Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, 101010 is 42 in binary. And 42 is, of course, the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Cheers!
Sheila365 