The maintenance men were out the other day
blowing leaves and hauling them away … and THEN, overnight … this, again:
Street filling up with leaves; more fallen leaves overnight.
Fallen leaves piling up across the street …
… and piling up under my hybrid Maple tree out front.
Scattered leaves along the curb of my driveway.
This time of year, it is almost impossible to
stay on top of curb-side appeal.
But that doesn't stop candy scott from bitching.
I am not going to bother clearing my driveway – or the carport until all the leaves fall: ditto for clearing the gutters.
That’s okay: I LIKE fallen leaves :-D
But, I am thinking the maintenance men will be
back around in a day or so to declutter the street of leaf litter again.
As well as fallen leaves, I don’t even mind the
gray skies at the moment, because the few and scattered colorful-leaved-trees
are highlighted perfectly, in all their Fall splendor … until the dropping of
the final leaf leaves them bare and stark against the Winter skies.
Gray skies frontside.
Gray skies alongside.
Gray skies behind.
Feeling a definite nip creep into the atmosphere,
I decided this would be the first day to turn my electric fireplace on – it is
fake, but I like the ambiance it exudes ;-)
((((Thank you, Babe for letting me
get it; and for putting it up for me while you were still here (https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2017/07/downtime-day.html)))).
But first, I needed to remove all the grandkids’
kiddie things from the livingroom and place them in the spare back room: they
will be sold if they are still here this time next year. Since Bob’s son and
our daughter have removed themselves permanently from my life, I will not see our
grandchildren again – and there is no point in keeping these things. So, I
opened up the livingroom again …
I moved all the kiddie stuff back to the back room again: I used one of Bob's X-L towels to drag it down the hallway.
All the grandkids’ kiddie stuff back in the back room. I am surprised to actually get this video up ... my video feature on my phone has not worked for weeks - but hey, IF IT WORKS NOW ... I'll roll with it ;-) Maybe it was "a fluke" like my great-niece suggested.
I am enjoying an adult livingroom again … and I can enjoy the atmospheric view of my electric fireplace too, now that the Hot Wheels Garage is out of the way.
It’s sad that the grandkids won’t get to enjoy
their things during a visit to Grandma’s house, but their parents are being
jerks.
So … I am decluttering in that aspect
too.
Grandma is having to take a stand and draw a line
in the sand: NO MORE FREE STORAGE – no family cohesiveness/no visits with
Grandma/no more freebies.
Life is hard.
On a different topic, with an upbeat overtone …
The eggplant plant I brought inside from the shed
is doing well; this is an experiment:
Eggplant plant thriving indoors … hopefully it will start producing again.
And I noticed the lettuces are coming up …
The Tom Thumb Lettuce is showing in its hydroponics jar - minute, for sure, but "there" ;-)
And the Deer Tongue Lettuce is putting in an appearance too.
And the Geranium snippets I salvaged are taking
root and thriving :-D
I cut my Geraniums back for overwintering under
the front porch in September, and saved these gleanings for future pots – some of these ‘mother
plants’ are 20 years old.
I stuck these Geranium snippets in potting soil dampened
with Miracle Grow solution, hoping they will “take”. I like Geraniums.
A BLOSSOM! The Geranium snippets I saved and repotted, are
thriving :-D
My Pink Christmas Cactus is starting bloom too.
This made me swallow pretty hard because this time last year it wasn’t doing
anything – it had been sorely neglected while I was in the hospitals with Bob. It is still very hard for my mind to "go back there" to those difficult and heart-breaking hospital days when triggered …
My Pink Christmas Cactus is blooming too. It didn’t bloom last year until late in the season (https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2018/12/pancreatic-nightmare.html & https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2018/12/moving-forward.html)
I am glad it has set buds now, and will brighten
this year’s Season with blossoms; but I'd rather be able to look at it without the flashbacks. I noticed the White Christmas Cactus is
resetting buds again, so maybe they will both be in full bloom at the same time –
that will be nice :-D
The other day when Cheryl & Pam were here
visiting
(https://jeastofeden.blogspot.com/2019/11/good-feeling-good-coffee-good-friends.html), they commented that my hair is still pretty much it’s
original color, but I am definitely seeing a LOT of gray in it; admittedly, not
as much as they have in their hair, but the gray in my hair IS obvious; and my ‘original
color’ is quickly fading. Bob was looking forward to seeing my hair turn all
gray – and I am now wishing I could see his eyes when he sees it now:
Cheryl & Pam can say my hair color is “still the same” ... but, it looks {grayed} to me: and getting grayer every day.
Trying a new way of styling my layered shag ... and Bob isn't here to "try it out on" - YU'ALL ARE 'IT' ;-)
Not sure if I like it or not – it’s kinda too girly-curly …
Maybe it’s time to make a Salon appointment, and get the shagged layers trimmed back some, again?
Before I left the bathroom, I grabbed the
shower caddy I had taken down when plans to move were enacted, and decided to
put it back up again – decluttering on the fly: the suction thingee was
a royal pain in the ass and gave me a hard time, but I kept at it until it was
securely in place …
I put the shower caddy back up: BY MYSELF, without asking anyone to help me. It may seem to some to a small thing; but it's a big thing to me ;-)
Everything is back in place now.
And my life is getting back on track.
It feels good to be able to breathe again.
I love you, Babe.
Always.
OX
