Last week I had the energy to head down to the river.
This is what we did for more than an hour.
I wondered if I would be willing to move again, if I had the opportunity to live in one of these houses.
We certainly wouldn’t have to hassle with getting to and from the river!
But I like where I live. And I really wouldn’t like worrying about flooding every spring.
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A few quick thoughts:
- I’ve had a few days of feeling run-down. Not a big deal, just low energy. My husband has been feeling the same way. We are blaming the layer of wildfire smoke caught in our atmosphere.
- The autumn light has a hazy effect, thanks to the smoky skies. Our air quality isn’t necessarily unhealthy (other places are), but it is significant enough to curtail my desire to photograph scenery right now.
- I decorated for Fall on Saturday. The golden orange hues have a cheering effect for me. And while SuperDad was off hiking and camping in the mountains again with SnakeMaster, I spent a little money on some new scented candles: Spiced Pumpkin, Ginger Pumpkin, Amber Wood & Vanilla, and Cedar Patchouli are the options in my house this fall.
- Yesterday was baking day. I made a green tomato pie, a rhubarb custard pie, and 2 loaves of pumpkin bread. Then I took a nap!
- Today we headed to the AFB, which is my usual Tuesday activity (gym and shopping).
- I swam laps in the pool (which was rather chilly so my heart rate went up, too — being immersed in cold water does that to me. I had to meditate during my laps to ward off feelings of panic).
- What started as a quick stop at the pharmacy to pick up prescriptions became an opportunity to get a flu shot (my dh got his this week — I’ll get mine next week) and because I am such a party animal, I went ahead and got a Tdap immunization. Whooping Cough is currently at epidemic levels in Washington State and I couldn’t remember when I last had a Tetanus shot. (I only remember how much it hurts afterward.)
- I need to get back up off the couch and do more baking because while I was at a meeting last night, the people I live with ate half a loaf of pumpkin bread. Somehow they didn’t hear the message about those loaves being saved for a school event on Wednesday morning. I shouldn’t be surprised; after all, the kitchen did smell really good! Luckily, we have the supplies in the pantry to make more.
Spokalulu 
I have often resorted to a large “DO NOT EAT” sign on goodies for school.
That would have worked, but I would have had to leave it in the oven with the pumpkin bread! I had a dinnertime meeting and left home after giving instructions on taking the loaves out when they were done baking. Apparently they didn’t “hear” me say why I had made them in the first place!
It is a good life, is it not?
feeling run-down…I can relate. Dislike…very much. And I miss being able to go to the gym on the AFB…sigh…and the Commissary and the BX. Those were the days!
I wouldn’t mind moving again if it was to a house with a lovely view and neighbours far away like those seem to be, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere that has a flood risk though. (love the pink sunrise from the last post)