Thirteen - Coming Clean!

We are having some wonderful rain these days, and we need it so badly! I had almost forgotten how comforting it is to fall asleep at night hearing the rain. So, Barker's (and our) morning golf course walk routine has been altered a bit, but that is ok! We can adjust, as long as it's for rain! When he and I finally got out there this morning, it was almost noon, but the temp was in the low 60s and it was delightful: shirtsleeve weather in January! We were just about finished with the course, when I walked past this lovely old tree and bluebird box:


Years ago there was an avid golfer who tended the bluebird houses, cleaning them out after each season and repairing them when necessary. He has since passed on and nobody has stepped up to the plate to take his place. It's too bad, but I do love all of the lichen growing not only on the tree but the house.


As I walked along the cart path, I was reminded of a post by Judy H about fossils, and the ones she had noticed on her sidewalk. I'm always looking and admiring the leaf prints along the cart paths, most made by the tannin in the oak leaves, but also a few lovelies from the pine needles. So, here are a few of my neighborhood 'fossils' (and I won't include me and C in these pics!):


our neighbors recently redid their driveway, and their youngest daughter left her fossil:


these last three are from our own driveway, up where it meets the road:

Show me your fossils!

coming clean:
1. well, I must admit that I have yet to finish my two last RR pieces, but I will work on them diligently tomorrow!!! I have a plan, and finding that plan, for me, is the most difficult part of the journey!

2. my house is clean!! WooHoo! Now I can play, er create, for the rest of the week!

PEACE

A Day in My Life.......well, ok, make it 4 days!

The window washer returned to the Metropolis on Saturday morning...I could tell as soon as I got up and saw the big thick ropes dangling down in front of my view of Stone Mountain. I was excited, but so was Barker: he needed to go for his walk. Well, as luck would have it, once again Spidey seemed to wait on our return:


I was sitting checking my emails and reading my blogs when he suddenly appeared in front of our livingroom window!

Now, a totally different view from another livingroom window here in GainesVegas:


I took the above pic yesterday (Monday October 20th) morning. I love it when the steam is rising off of the lake. Big Blue, our resident Great Blue Heron, is all hunkered down, trying to stay warm.....our low was 46.

Speaking of livingroom windows, I heard a loud knock on one of our sliders this afternoon, and darned if this little fellow wasn't down on the patio when I turned around.
I just hate it when that happens! Most of you will recognize this as our Northern Cardinal, a very lovely bird, but also one that we here in the states tend to take for granted. I remember a few years ago when we had visitors from Cornwall dining with us and they were so captivated by our Cardinals. I do think they are lovely. I took several pictures of this young guy, and may use them for a quilt in the future. So sorry that we lost him, but there are dozens more at our feeders every day.

I decided to take you along on our evening golf course walk. We do this every evening that we are home....mainly to give Barker a bit more exercise (one of us takes him about 4 miles on the cart paths every morning), but also to enjoy the evening just before the sun sets. It is getting earlier and earlier now that Fall is upon us.

So, here is Barker Baby playing with a pine cone. It doesn't take much to amuse him!

Barker has just turned six, but he still acts like a puppy:


Whew, he has finally settled down long enough for a photo op:


My favorite hole on the lake...it will take your breath away at sunrise:


Autumn is upon us:


Somebody forgot to tell this honeysuckle that it is about to get really, really cold here!


If you haven't already read the blog post of my friend Beverly, I want to recommend it to you. She is one brave soul: traveling from Utah to Colorado for the weekend to stump for Obama! I am so proud of her!!!

PEACE, HOPE, CHANGE:
OBAMA/BIDEN!!!