Hello everyone, and yes, I'm still alive. My apologies for not posting anything in weeks. It's been a pretty rough fall so far around here. My last post was Halloween and it had snowed a couple times. In the weeks since, we had a few more snows and even a week of bitter cold that is normally not seen until January. Thankfully, I think it was the Wednesday after Halloween, I came home after a long day of work and cleaned the gutters and raked/mulched the leaves as it was supposed to snow that night again. And it's a good thing I did as we've had standing snow and ice ever since up until a couple days ago. If I hadn't gotten it done then I would have been doing it yesterday - and I did see others cleaning their gutters yesterday. This past week it has finally gotten a bit more seasonable and the snow is almost all melted again, but the trees are bare, grass is dull and the days are pretty gray.
Last year my last fire pit was on the winter solstice, December 21. Friday afternoon the conditions were well enough I had my first fire in a month and it very well may be the last of the year. I already miss the quiet time sitting outside, staring into the fire. But it's cold now and no longer ideal, yet if I get another chance I probably will. Also, our grill is also out of gas but with the weather I've been in no hurry to fill it.I've had a lot of thoughts lately about someone very close to the family that has been dealing with a terminal diagnosis. I can't imagine the hardships they've been dealing with lately, but hopefully hospice care can help things become more manageable. We will be making the short trip for a visit sometime soon in the coming weeks. Until then, I hope they know we love them and are thinking of them. Aside from grandparents I've not had anyone close to me die, so I guess I've been lucky so far, but that luck is running out.
Well, I don't mean to end on a downer but there's nothing else really happening around here. We have the holiday season almost upon us, soooo, we got that going for us. Yay.
4 comments:
It's horrible dealing with illness and death of loved ones. My best wishes go out to you and your loved ones.
We have had lots of rain and cold winds, luckily no snow so far.
It seems as cold as January here too, although we haven't actually had snow yet. It's constantly grey and dull and damp here.
Hoping that hospice care can make your loved one comfortable. It's hard being an onlooker and not really knowing what to do or say for the best.
Thanks, guys. And I apologize as I've not been very talkative anywhere this month. Things have just been kind of a downer lately.
And, not totally unrelated, I also wish I could go on a rant about work but I don't want to do that here.
Yes, good idea to avoid the work rants on a public forum. The grey and extremely wet weather over here doesn't help to lift one's mood and the same for you with the snow but, keep reminding myself the nights draw out in a months time!
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