Never before, so it seems have we had so many leaves to rake! Four times we swept the lawn, depositing leaves around trees, in the garden and on the north bank, before the trees stopped sending them down in cascades.Overcast skies of steel grey – stratus with only a few flakes drifting down. Violet sunrises [...]
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November Acrostic
Posted in acrostic, fall, Novmeber on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
November
Posted in fall, house, Novmeber on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While unusually mild, November looks like November. Slightly overcast skies, bare trees, late fall crops still in the field and farmers out custom cutting late into the night. We enjoyed Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. It is vast! Built for the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, as the Fine Arts Palace, it was converted [...]
This, Too, Is October
Posted in fall, October, rain on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A cold, grey week with an Easterly flow of high winds, chilling temperatures, and drizzle to downpours. The bunnies huddled in their hutches and the chickens nestled together. Squash and pumpkin stems firmed up for the cutting and curing process. When they did go out, the chickens managed to “dig up” potatoes for Rich as [...]




