"autumn .. season of mists and mellow fruitfulness."
~john keats~
when my daughter was a wee little teensie thing
she referred to animals as amials. while visiting a
friend and her little boy near where we once lived
she was down on her belly looking under the fridge..
then exclaimed, "there's amials under there."
.dust bunnies.
i guess those can appear to be amials, hm?
being that my friend was/is a clean freak, she was mortified!
and i'm sure that once we went home for an afternoon
nappie, she set to moving that fridge from its place
and scrubbed the floor but good!
.. weeks now there's been bear sightings in our little town.
black bears. and cubs. don't mess with a mama & her cubs!
while on a walk the other day we
took a left heading further uphill - lo and behold a bear crossing
the road, keeping an eye on us. we stopped and retreated to
another direction. once home we brought our water bottles
with us to the front deck where we watched a bit of excitement
a couple houses further up the road on which we live.
a garage was left open and golly gee a bear was ransacking
the garbage can contents. the owner came out of the house,
spooked the bear which ran off, and that was that, save for the
clean up which took a while. keeping garbage cans
safely contained is a biggie in my neck of the woods.
the "rutting" season is now .. which is breeding season
for white tail deer (and other certain mammals).
while on another walk in another direction
we came across *tommy* & his brother *timmy*, both
boasting more antler points and nearly full grown. so proud
of those boys. wink. we keep a healthy distance during this
season as they're more aggressive. then again, we keep a
healthy distance no matter what season - but especially the "rut."
squirrels and jays and finches and birds of what type
i've yet to determine vie for what the hubs
puts out as food. the jays are loud bullies
and the squirrels are sassy in return.
one night we had three chubby raccoons on our front deck.
once they saw the hubs they jumped down then alternately
popped their masked eyes above the deck to check on us.
our gray fox still makes the rounds, both growling and barking.
funniest looking "kitty" i ever did see.
yesterday two mama dear deer and their babies took their sweet
time crossing the road - ultimately taking a nap under the deck
of a home down a ways.
after church we visited sweet friends made up in these parts.
deer were born on their property, one of which was under one
of their vehicles. now the dear deer own the place and that
doesn't necessarily especially sit well with 'k' .. as they go places not
usually welcome. the garden area is surrounded by a fortress
of sorts - but there's more yet to protect... or 'k' will be busy
shooing and shushing. saw that in real time, sunday. hehe..
she's a spry one.
the hubs is at his monthly history club.
a group of men led by two in particular, one of which is
k's hub with the other a local attorney,
meet at a local restaurant for lecture, good groceries,
and fellowship with other men. this month's lecture is
focused on the civil war - pinpointing the exact subject
within the focus i'm sure i'll
learn this afternoon when the hubs returns.
me? i'm typing this bloggie-post and eating a bowl
of campbell's vegetable soup. yes dearies. we do have
canned soup in our pantry for quick grabs just in case.
and this is the case. wink.
once i push 'publish' i'll wash up my bowl and spoon
then set to sifting and organizing specific vintage
brooches i'll be selling, once owned by my sweet
auntie anne. my equally sweet aunt janet allowed me
to bring these home nearly a year ago and i'm finally
readying the beauties to post and hopefully sell
at tidy prices in most ladies budgets,
the proceeds going back to aunt janet
to disperse wherever her little heart desires.
there's not only brooches.
there are two gorgeous sterling silver
bracelets filled to the gills with charms.
i'll be listing them on my etsy account soon
and will share the link and sneaky peeks
here on the blog. pinkie promise.
after i sift the jewels a bit i'm planning on an
afternoon nap. but just in case i don't get a few
winks in, i'll have a cup of decaf tea by my side.
and a cookie. mmmm yes, a cookie.
yesterday we took a ridiculously long walk.
i call these *forced marches.*
uphill both ways in knee deep snow donchaknow
for twenty-seven miles if not twenty-eight.
not really but golly sure felt like it. it was more
uphill than down - those uphills - at elevation -
are rough fetes but oh so good for us. by the
time we neared home our hips were
in a bit of pain though we felt accomplishment!
it was the very very big walkie.
as expected, i have a pic of good groceries.
marinated and grilled chicken
alongside roasted acorn squash.
the marinade recipe is fAntAstic,
one i found somewhere then changed
it just a bit - tweaking it for our preferences.
i'll share the recipe in an upcoming post.
early this morning wet stuff was falling from the heavens.
praise be!!! we so need the rains and the next couple
days are promising to be equally wet. hoping hoping hoping.
i'm chilled so turned the heater up a bit to 60.
wear a sweater when or if you visit
** haven haus **
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"let today be the kind of day where you forget to worry
about your worries, because you're so wrapped in
worshipping the One who takes them all away."
~morgan harper nichols~
