What's the deal?

Apparently I have little time to post, although whenever I am online - which is at least daily, if not more often - I check to see if anyone has commented. Thank you Joe EH! (Now you are really far north, into Canada apparently, for your coveted wintry cold weather, eh?! lol)

OK, enough of the silliness. I find it very interesting that I think about stuff to post while I am out and about, but do not pass it along to you good folk here. Like when I am out roller blading around the neighborhood and beyond. I see many very cool things when on two feet, alongside the main roads. Things that are interesting at the time, but think that it is not so interesting when I log in to post. So I end up just looking for comments... hint hint ;)

One interesting thing I found when rolling around the main streets, outside the immediate town house neighborhood, was how much litter is on and in the grass alongside the road. It is MUCH worse than the view from the car that moves oh-so-fast. When upon two feet, albeit going much faster than than plain ole walking, the view is terrible. All rubbish is in different levels of decay, although much of it has barely lost the lettering on the labels. There are many pieces of litter that has been mowed over oh-how-many-times, looking like it *might* actually be decaying - but then again, it might just be acid rain and several years of exposure outdoors. Really people, do you (not you, actually you who are reading this (cause it BETTER NOT be any of you!) , I mean anyone who litters) think that throwing it out your car window and it's just gone? All better now that your car is clean and your lazy ass doesn't have to pick it up and carry it to a garbage container? How lame. Done venting now. Thanks for listening :)

Another very cool view while (whilst) roller blading was just this past week, before the occasional rain came (wet roads actually eliminates my brakes from working at all). So I am blading somewhere by myself - not certain where I was going at the time, oh yes, I was on my way to fight practice to the local park on Wednesday last week - and I saw a HUGE flock of geese flying right over my head, traveling in the same direction as I was, along the small side road I was rolling along. The sky was blue, the weather was chilly, and there were a few white clouds in the sky. The formation was so large that there were a few different 'v's that branched off the one very large 'V.' It was very cool hearing their honking for minutes, looking and looking... until finally sighting them! They were moving SO fast too! The experience was somewhat surreal and I cannot nearly pass along the feeling of Autumn-is-on-its-way and the great overall calmness of the experience.

I'll "deliver more experiences" soon! Hopefully with pics of the three chilluns to boot... :)

PS Update about a previous post about the woods across the street possibly being developed: It's not going to happen :) Yay!! There *IS* a protected butterfly that needs that area, phew! So no worries! Good to know the despoilment of preserved nature areas is not an everyday thing, despite what the side news headlines say...

It sure feels like Fall...

I don't know about where you live, but the temperatures here are much cooler lately. And not just in the evening or at night, like the expected drop to 60 degrees F or so. I'm talking about 65 tops during the daytime, and in the evening it feels more than chilly (I still wear shorts until I absolutely have to wear pants, same goes for socks!). Just last week it was nearly 95 in the shade. I hope that wasn't our 'Indian Summer.'

So this cooler weather with sun-shining skies has been great for outdoor activities, play for the kids. Somehow we're missing a bit more of the morning - even though we were never very early risers to begin with! (Another reason we are so lucky; we don't have to live by the school bus or school's first bell.) The cooler morning air temp makes the first eye opening and first stretch that much more snuggly and rested feeling.

The colors of the trees are already beginning to change. I noticed that even "way back in" August while we were driving home from the family beach trip to Hampton Beach. All of those brightt oranges occasionally popping out from the wall of yet vibrant green leaves lining the highway. It seems that the Summer was very busy, jam packed, long. And it also seems like it flew right past. Amazing how a little bit of temperature change and earlier sunset makes one a bit more energized, ready to enjoy the new season. I am so glad to live where there are definite seasons!

This morning after breakfast, Gavin went outside to play in the backyard, as usual. After about two minutes he rushes inside, red cheeked and twinkly eyed saying, "Hey, Mommy! I smell snow!" He can also "smell" Birka, Hampton Beach, zombies, and Panteria. I am glad he hasn't said he smells anyone as that person might not think that is very cute... What an imagination that kid has!

So we're camping in northern VT next weekend! Yes, in our canvas tent, how else would we go? Thank goodness we have zero degree sleeping bags. Probably not needed, but you never know, eh? :)