65 this morning, Foggy early but clearing off slowly. High of 93 yesterday, humid and yucky.
Happy first day of Fall!
I am absolutely thrilled to see the back end of Miss Summer, as she drags her tattered, dusty skirts out of here. Today will be another scorcher, as she apparently isn't giving up without a fight, but then we cool down, thank the gods.
Larry had an appointment with the VA on Wednesday, and I was worn out from my full day at the docs on Tuesday, so I stayed home and had most of the day at home alone. I admit, it was rather nice! I stayed busy with cleaning, and made a batch of cherry jelly, as I had accidentally opened a jar of cherry juice, thinking it was grape. I guess I made the cherry juice last year, but have no memory of it. We date the tops of our jars, which helps a lot when I am clueless. The jelly turned out beautifully, and such a pretty color. I did a little Halloween decorating, too. Early for me, but I want to get it done before I'm laid up.
The VA determined that in addition to COPD, Larry has a blocked artery, so he will be seeing a cardiologist in a few weeks about that. His lungs sound better thanks to some new meds, although there is some damage from his years of smoking and working in masonry. At least we know now what's going on with him. He is still a working machine, and it will be my job to keep him slowed down a bit.
We stocked our booths Friday and yesterday, catching up on missing last week. Then we went junking, as we call it. I was happy to find this handmade crocheted bedspread for $15.
Think of the work that took! There is a label giving the maker's name, and dated 1960. Of course I Googled her; apparently she was a foster child, never married but kept in close contact with her foster families. So her things must have eventually been put into an estate sale, which is how the dealer ended up with the bedspread.
Yesterday was a good day for a drive, really too hot to do anything else. We drove up along the Ohio River, passing through the small community of Belleville, which was having its annual homecoming. Do they have these where you live? There had been a parade earlier, along with a car show, horse show, lots of vendors, etc. There were crowds of people, nice to see for such a small place.
It was also Mothman Festival weekend, but that was in the opposite direction, downriver. That festival has become huge, with tens of thousands of visitors. Not my kind of scene, but again, I am thrilled for Point Pleasant as the town benefits greatly from this festival. If you are wondering what the heck it's all about, here's a link to one of my older blogs about Mothman. The movie with Richard Gere, called The Mothman Prophesies, is a good show, although it is a highly fictionalized account of the whole affair.
I wasn't in a picture-taking mood yesterday, but did snap these along our road. Such pretty color!
One maple, showing off.
Our two pups took a wander yesterday morning so Larry had to go fetch them home, again. Buddy's perimeter collar battery had died, so that was why they were able to chase a skunk, apparently! Larry gave them a bath, and they smell much better. Silly dogs. Good thing we love them.
The third Maisie Dobbs book is about mysteries surrounding 2 men lost in WWI, with a side story about a very young girl accused of murder, and I am enjoying it very much. It is as good as the first book of the series, completely engaging. Book 2 was okay, but not nearly as engrossing. The author, Jacqueline Winspear, is a fine writer, lots of historical research evident, along with intriguing tidbits about life in 1930 England that I find fascinating. If you enjoy historical mysteries, you may enjoy these books.
That's about all the news, I guess. I'll end with these three new words I ran across this week:
Scansion
Prosody
Anaglypta
Do you know what they mean? The first was a word in one of the New York Times puzzles this week.
Five years ago, we were driving through WV and ended up in the middle of the Pumpkin Festival Parade in Milton, so we had to stop. Some friendly people included us with their group giving us snacks and filling us in all of the people in the parade. They were locals so knew many of them. We cheered right along when someone's child or grandchild passed by. It was not a planned stop, but a fun, memorable one all the same.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so nice! People can be so kind.
DeleteLovely photos and I wish both of you well with the medical bothers that have arisen.
ReplyDeleteI love the Maisie Dobbs books and have read them for years, finishing the last (sigh) and newest one not long ago. As a retired RN, I enjoyed the glimpse of medicine 100+ years ago as well as the mysteries.
Wishing y'all well!
I loved the first, was a little disappointed in the second, but the third is right up there with the first! Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood with the second one. Thanks for the good wishes!
DeleteBeautiful autumnal colours! That handmade crocheted bedspread for $15 is a great buy.
ReplyDeleteI always amazes mr, Angie, when people give away handmade heirlooms, but I suppose with no family there was no alternative. I once bought a big box of kitchenware at an auction, and in the box was an envelope of family photos. I wrote about them on this blog, and would you believe a cousin of the people contacted me! She was thrilled that I had the photos, and I sent them along to her. That's why I looked for the maker of the bedspread, in case there was someone out there that might want it, but such was not the case with her, safly.
DeleteGlad cooler weather will be on its way. The crochet bedspread it gorgeous and it must took a lot of time to make. My wife crochets, knits and tatts, she loves it all. :) Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteI admire anyone who has that skill!
Delete(This is unrelated, sorry) I am trying to research the Trans Allegheny Book Store located in the old Carnegie building in Parkersburg West Virginia, I was googling and found your post from 2009! If you want to share some more info with me I would so appreciate that. Thank you!! :)
ReplyDeleteWell, I know no more than I discussed in that post, unfortunately. I do wish someone could rescue that glorious building though. Those glass floors are amazing.
DeleteIf you do want to share info with me about the Trans Allegheny Book Store please email me at Saige.painter@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what a homecoming is so I don't know if we have an equivalent here! I remember Anaglypta wallpaper from when I was a child it was all over the walls of the house, not come across the other two words.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly the reference that has me looking up anaglypta---in Maisie Dobbs she mentioned anaglyptic wallpaper. The other two have to do with poetry or more precisely, the reading of it.
DeleteI had some knowledge of that middle word but couldn't remember it. I looked all three up though I first thought I was feeling anaglyptic about it but then realized I wasn't. Oh well. Lovely pictures along the tree-lined road.
ReplyDeleteWell, if you were feeling a little bumpy...
DeleteI do love our road. Over the 50 years I have lived here the only changes along that 1/2 mile before our house are that the road now gets gravel regularly, and the trees are bigger. I know I am lucky. Come to think of it, there has been very little change in the whole 4 miles from the highway to here.
Those words awe niqab to me. I had to leave awe niqab in there, but it was autocorrect. I was trying to type ‘are new.’ i hope Larry is okay or will be. /AC
ReplyDeleteI was just about to go look awe niqab up, AC!
DeleteLike you, I am glad to see the end of summer. I can’t wait for the first frost!
ReplyDeleteThat bed cover! Oh my - it is gorgeous! I love your photos - especially the road through the woods. I'm slowly catching up with my blog reading and was shocked to read a comment about the Trans Allegheny bookstore - that is one of your posts that I think about often.
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