Pleasant Month
This month has been a beautiful one from a weather standpoint with the first freeze this morning. Just in time to put the frost on the pumpkins for the Trick-or-Treaters. In our small town civic minded organizations hand out candy early in the evening. Then kids wander around the neighborhoods.
The garden has been put to bed with the last of the roses tightly packed into a vase on the kitchen table. One pepper plant now resides in the basement under the grow lights. The benefit of having part of the garden in patio pots.
Books are piled up on bedside tables with yet another small quilt in the living room, keeping hands busy while watching television. It feels like the calm before the storm.
Celestial Skies in October 2024
The highlight of the month was driving to the edge of town several nights to spot the comet. And I have heard some parts of the world will see a different comet tonight. A headless one-so appropriate for Halloween night! Click here to see the best photo of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.
In the Garden
Late harvest included tomatoes, peppers, sweet potatoes and onions. Herbs such as horehound and rosemary survived the light frost and will be harvested soon. I let the basil go to seed and need to collect it soon.
Hobbies in October 2024
The second astronaut quilt is in the hand quilting stage. My hope is to finish it by Thanksgiving. A couple of other quilts are at various other stages. One in the assembly stage, another on the cutting table and two others in the planning stage. Plenty to do now that the garden has been put to bed.
In the Library
October 2024 had a handful of books read and only two reviews. I enjoyed both Pitch Dark and The Women. And I am still processing the technology of 2054, a sequel to 2034. It is hard to wrap my head around AI much less Singularity. In fact, if it weren’t for The Big Bang episode of many years ago, I would not have even heard of the latter.
Upcoming Election 2024
All through October 2024 I expected to see candidate signs pop-up across town. However, signs have been few and far between. One could wish the same could be said for the political advertisements on radio and T.V. This lack of identification with a candidate is very interesting to me. Especially in a town that tends to have close to 90% of the population lean toward the same political organization.
Twice during the month, I drove through town looking for yard signs. Less than two dozen for the main party and only two for the minority party. It will be interesting to see how the voters turn out.
Regardless of your political beliefs, I hope you vote on election day-it is just around the corner.