Even less color now

All that's left now are the golds of the tamaracks and the ever-darkening beeches.  It was a beautiful day, felt warm even though it was only in the 40's.  The sun was warm and there was no wind.  Did I take advantage of this?  Sort of.  I did a few outdoor chores; got my deck cleared and ready for winter, put the lawn mower away, dumped my flower pots, did laundry and cleaned the bedroom.  Man oh man do those dogs ever throw a lot of hair.  I swept under the bed (how embarrassing) and put away some of my summer clothes.  I haven't completely unpacked from my RI trip.  What am I waiting for?  My next trip?

I had a nice weekend, slightly productive.  I did get rid of my old television, dropped it off at Julie's house on Sat.  We had book group on Sunday night, hosted by me.  I got the house in pretty good shape--well, the 3 rooms people would see.  We had book group Sunday night, though we're down to 3 pretty much for winter.  I made a meatloaf that wasn't very good.  I thought I made good meatloaf but this one pretty much sucked.  I've been nibbling on the leftovers without enthusiasm.

Tomorrow I go to the dump with 2 garbage bags from camp--I closed both main camp and the boat house on the weekend, yay.  I keep hearing "Why is it your responsibility to close camp?" and there's no good answer for that.  Because no one else will do it, I guess.  It doesn't really take that long.  Anyway, after the dump I may go to the Historical Museum to see if I want to resume volunteering there this winter.  I took the summer off, and as Bill pointed out, summer has passed.  I'm not sure I want to do anything there and won't decide that until tomorrow morning.  I'll have lunch with Julie then come home.  Thursday is Pat's birthday and we'll have dinner in Plattsburgh at the seafood restaurant.  A big crowd, I'm sure.  Friday I'll have lunch in Plattsburgh with Barb.  It's supposed to be warm on Thursday so maybe I'll dig some holes and plant the bulbs Linda left behind.  She bought 200 daffodils on sale and we've doled out a bunch of them to various people but I have a ton of them to plant here.  I don't know where I'll put them all but I need to refresh my daffodil crop, it seems to be fading instead of spreading.

Not really much going on, just life in Hawkeye.  I'm happy.