Beautiful Days

 

How are you? How has your week been? 

We've had glorious weather this past week and every single day I am outside taking a walk and just drinking in the coolness and the soft signs of fall. Supposedly this weekend will be chilly, I am all in! Some of the trees are turning ever so slightly. When I walk in the morning, I am delighted to wave 'hi' to the school bus as it drives by. 

My non-credit classes start next week and just like when I was a younger, I am eager for school to start. If you have a local university check out to see if they offer any classes for older adults - it is very enriching. I've made so many friends and of course I'm learning new stuff. I've realized that I like learning just about anything. I do try to choose classes where I do not have to participate much. Just dump the information into my head! 

Holly continues to be a very brave cat. She will sometimes come and visit us during dinner for some pets. She loves to walk through the family room (on high alert, so brave) and do a walk about then she stops at Frodo's water bowl to have a drink (we've kept the bowl knowing she drinks out of it in defiance of him). She continues to scan for Frodo. Maybe she misses his antics? We love her so. 

I am writing my Christmas to do lists this month trying to wrap my brain around what I need to get done before the holidays and yet pace myself and enjoy the process. I continue to feel like I am ahead of schedule. I start shopping this month believe it or not. When the kids were little I would start at the end of September slowly gathering gifts each weekend so that I was not in a mad dash the month of December. This of course was physical shopping back in the day, now I can do on-line shopping for some of the presents. If I can avoid being in crowds in December, I am all in.

These beautiful autumnal-like days just fill me with peace and contentment. I love when one season hints at another. How lucky I am to witness Mother Nature.


Comments

  1. I can feel how the weather change is lifting your energy! I would love to hear more about the classes you are taking.

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  2. The weather change has surely invigorated me as well! It feels so good! :) Happy weekend!

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  3. That sounds like a wonderful idea - checking out adult classes at the community college. What course(s) are you taking this semester? I am trying to do an ASL class just now. It is online and I am finding it challenging not having a "life" teacher to ask questions, etc.

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  4. I've so enjoyed these past few mornings walking. I think we are getting some rain tomorrow. I'll be heading to the farm to collect C&M's produce, then we are going out to lunch. I want to see if one of our. local colleges offer Tai Chi - I would love that!

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  5. "I love when one season hints at another."

    What a beautiful way to say it!

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  6. What a lovely and peaceful post, Karen. I so enjoyed reading here about your anticipation of autumn 🍁🍁.

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  7. Lovely post. So glad you are enjoying the days of late summer. We have a lot of universities and college around here. I know that the University of Utah (my alma mater) does have very reasonably priced classes for older adults. I may look into that when I retire. In the meantime, I enjoy BYU Education Week and online classes about history and politics from Hillsdale College. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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  8. Sounds like perfect planning. I am trying to wean myself off of part time work because it has been hard being retired and thinking I am not contributing as much as I used to. Struggle with the 60's part of my life, but becoming more and more content. I love your attitude about life......

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  9. So inspiring! I'd love to take a natural or life drawing class. For now, we're enjoying fall and pressed our 1st batch of apples for cider.

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  10. Just catching up with life down your way. I am so very sorry to read about Frodo, Karen. Wonderful to read that you now have two lovely grandchildren. Hope that weather is continuing to cool. Your classes sound perfect, learning should be for life, I agree.

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  11. What a beautifully worded post! I'm sure Holly misses Frodo. That's sweet that you left her his bowl to drink out of.

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