September

These crossover summer/autumn days are wonderful!  I feel so comfortable with these daytime temps in the 70’s to 80°, and nights 40’s to 50’s!  Perfect.

I feel so much energy to get all sorts of things done.  I do have to pace myself though due to arthritic pain in my hands and back.  But I’m enjoying this.  Scraping old metal rails and porches.  Re-painting.  Starting to gather up the fallen black walnuts (I make piles of these for a few weeks then bag them).  Will also be cleaning house and shampooing carpets.  And enjoy reading time on the porch - with the cats hanging out of course.  My cats on the screened-in porch, neighbor cats visiting on the back porch - their catio.

Luke and Lilly🌈 on porch 2023

August was a difficult month for several reasons, as electric lines and other things broke, Luke got sick for a couple of weeks (he’s good now) and anniversary of Lilly’s death.  And it was so hot!  Electric bill went up.  New budget for gas heat went up.  Everything went up.

But here in September I feel more in control, more relaxed.  Life is good when it is, and not when it isn’t:  could be due to anything.

Merci enjoying the sun on the porch

So I’ll take these good moments while I got them.  And October is coming up - my favorite month!  Hopefully these good days will roll right into the next.  Prayers and positive thinking.  It’s a way of life.  A good way.     Theresa M