It turned out to be a great sunny day. I had been negligent in watering the perennial gardens and the younger trees. After yesterday and last night, Mother Nature came through. One and a half inch of a good slow rain has taken care of my negligence.
The weight of the rain on the golden leaves of the Maple and Oak trees made for a steady flourish of leaves during the brisk breeze this morning.
My greatest accomplishment for the day was getting the largest of the squash that I have purchased at the farmers market cut open and cleaned for it to be baked out. I have enough to freeze a two-cup portion, take a container to the neighbor and to make a pie tomorrow. Dennis can’t tell the difference between a pumpkin pie and a squash pie. For my skills, a pumpkin is a bit much to cut, clean and bake out.
Our neighbor, Randy, was kind enough to fix and reattach one of the mirrors on the Honda cycle for Dennis. Randy did take it out for a road test. He will be visiting with Dennis about a few items that need to be tweaked.
It may be cool in these late days of October, but for those last repairs or fix-its, the cool days are for sure a gift. They are talking about snow showers by Wednesday. Maybe if I switch television channels I get can a better forecast.
Gutter Helmet will be coming to trick out the garage and the porch before too long to ensure that Dennis will no longer be needing to get on the stepladder to take care of the leaves, twigs and Black Walnut wisps. We were assured that the cooler temps do not deter the installers and all the gutters will be cleaned at that time before the installation. This is one of the wisest decisions we have made this year . . . as well as the two new insulated garage doors, the new west house door, the painting of the Onduline garage roof and the new ridge cap on the back garage. Yes, indeed, we are good stewards on Stauffer Avenue.