Summer is ending on a cloudy, damp note and temps not quite reaching 70.  I'm not sure what is going on, but when I took Fred out this morning up on the hill, I was greeted with the cries of blue jays, chickadees, titmice and nut hatchers all around me.  One chickadee was brave enough to land on a branch not more than six feet in front of me.  They haven't been eating at feeders for the past couple of weeks and I'm hoping that changes soon.  I miss looking out my window and seeing them all on and around the feeders and the bird bath in my garden.

Preparations are being made for winter here.  Yesterday Steve, Dee, Verne and a couple of friends of theirs painted the new shed.  What we thought was a sage green turned out to be more of a pea green, but that's ok.  It's nice and bright and looks good.  One more coat and it will be finished.  We have to start going through the contents of the old shed and weeding out what we actually use and need and giving away or throwing away the rest that have just been stored there for the past five years and haven't been touched or used.  Steve is going to organize a tool and workbench area and I am going to organize my garden area just under the window on the opposite wall.

We had our last, big outing with Sally for the year.  We saw High School Musical at the Ugunquit playhouse in Maine on Saturday.  She had a great time and even had her playbill autographed by the cast.  We are going to have it framed for her to hang in her bedroom.  Only one more play for this season.  On Oct. 5th, Steve, myself, Dee and Verne are going to see La Misaralbe (I'm sure I spelled this wrong.  It's as hard to spell as it is to speak!).  We are looking forward to this.

After the play, Steve and I are going to take our yearly anniversary vacation time (We have been married 14 years) and then we are going to hibernate for the rest of the season.  I have some projects that I need to get into like making the Christmas presents I have planned for and writing down more of the genealogy that has been found and searching for more pieces to that huge puzzle.

So, now it's time for me to get into this day!

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