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Autumn already!
Aug. 25th, 2005 09:15 pmI have come to the conclusion that summer is finishing. Evidence:
1. Flocks and flocks of grackles. They make the whole hedge shake.
2. I felt a sudden urge to buy brown corduroys. This is clearly a biological clock-derived impulse, and as such must be indulged for the sake of my health.
3. Our en face neighbour has changed the place he parks his car to the side of his driveway away from the apple tree.
3a. the apple trees have apples on them which are falling off.
4. The nighbourhood smells like apples, due to the juice that's running all over the place.
5. Schools keep phoning our house to see if Mum's working supply or contract this year.
Sadly, the grass has not yet gone dormant, which means that I need to keep strimming. I always wonder why people who want their grass to stop growing don't just rip it up and have Astroturf installed. Constant mowing makes it grow faster and be less healthy, AND it's not a native species. Honestly.
While strimming, I found a dead cardinal which had (I think) flown into our shed window. It was bright and still on the grass, and I stood there looking at it for a few minutes. I hope something eats it; it would be a shame for it just to rot.
1. Flocks and flocks of grackles. They make the whole hedge shake.
2. I felt a sudden urge to buy brown corduroys. This is clearly a biological clock-derived impulse, and as such must be indulged for the sake of my health.
3. Our en face neighbour has changed the place he parks his car to the side of his driveway away from the apple tree.
3a. the apple trees have apples on them which are falling off.
4. The nighbourhood smells like apples, due to the juice that's running all over the place.
5. Schools keep phoning our house to see if Mum's working supply or contract this year.
Sadly, the grass has not yet gone dormant, which means that I need to keep strimming. I always wonder why people who want their grass to stop growing don't just rip it up and have Astroturf installed. Constant mowing makes it grow faster and be less healthy, AND it's not a native species. Honestly.
While strimming, I found a dead cardinal which had (I think) flown into our shed window. It was bright and still on the grass, and I stood there looking at it for a few minutes. I hope something eats it; it would be a shame for it just to rot.
