Time to clean up the garden boxes...

UP, and it's just starting to get light out. It's chilly; 29 degrees. October in full swing, eh?

We had a fun celebration (early) for Holly's birthday yesterday; the food was good (as always), and Meg made some nice cupcakes. We'll keep the party going for the next few days-- her actual birthday is on Tuesday. O, what fun to be four!

Today, after church, I am hopeful we can get the outdoor stuff done. It might not be all of it, but some must be accomplished. We have to put away hoses and so on, and probably the deck furniture. We may have a couple of warmish afternoons, but it's time. It's always a hard decision: put things away while it's still sort of warm, but also-- isn't it nicer to do that work when it's still warm? 

I should pull up all the dead tomato vines, pea vines, green bean plants. I will put away the folding pea fence (that thing worked well!), and so on. Time to put garden stuff away. I'll store the little bits, things like the garden statues and so on. 

Not this weekend, but soon (before it gets too cold) I am hopeful of putting out new fairy lights in the trees. I know, it's perhaps a little silly, but in the dark expanse of the back yard, especially in winter, it's nice to have a little twinkle and glow out there. It makes me smile. So, it'll be done. I meant to do it all summer, but never quite got there-- summer's funny that way. We also never pruned trees, or cut back the forsythia. It was actually too hot and dry, but still-- I feel bad that, again, we didn't do what we should have. 

Time flies.

We'll see how much of the to-do list gets done. I don't have any real illusions about doing much with the huge bounty of pears-- the red and gold ones mostly got knocked down by the wind the other day. I scurried about and collected windfall pears, but who knows-- it looks like the bees and birds will have the best of it this year. I can only do what I have time for. 

Again, time flies. 

That all said, I hope you have a super Sunday. Hug your loved ones tightly. The world is a bit too chaotic.

C



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