10/21/2013
So I went
mushroom hunting today. It seemed like a good time, the weather has been cool
and we have had enough moisture. However, that was not the case; there were
almost no mushrooms let alone the kind I was looking for. I was looking for
Blewits, not that I would turn my nose up at Oysters or Puffballs, Not even
Coral mushrooms. But I saw almost no mushrooms at all. There were a few of a
type I am unsure of and they looked like they had been picked over by turkeys.
There were a handful of a kind that are not edibles. I did find a couple of
bunches of white Coral, they looked good but when I picked them the bottom was
all purpley and the stems were hollow--never seen it and not gonna eat it. We
are supposed to be getting a frost tomorrow night, maybe that will bring on the
Blewits.
I got back
from the failed mushroom hunt to find our internet out. I reset the modem and
this, that, and the other thing that are always the first steps tech support
has one do all to no avail and so I called tech support. After about an hour on
the phone I get informed the problem is on their side and the problem has been
"escalated," meaning a rush order to fix I assume, and I should have
the internet back within 24 - 48 hours. Cool. So, this will be posted/sent when
my internet comes back. Tink does not handle internet outages very well.
We have
been wondering if Tink can handle two countdowns. She can. She is counting down
until her birthday and she added a countdown to Halloween; she is keeping track
of both. I still have no clue what she expects out of Halloween. We get no
trick or treaters, the kids are too old to trick or treat themselves--not that
it was very good the last couple of years they did; one house on this block, go
a couple blocks, oh, there's a house, another block or so…
We went to
the Decedents of the Pioneers Days the first weekend of October. It is a local
celebration that has been going on for about the same length of time we have
lived here. It has gotten bigger each year except the 2012 one really had a low
turn out. This year we planned on going Saturday and probably Sunday but that
Saturday was rainy and cold and somebody didn't feel good so we didn't go. We
did go Sunday and it was nice; sunny and warm with long sleeves or a light
jacket. And because of the rain the day before, the long drive in on the dirt
'n chert road that some people have the nerve to call gravel, they aren't
gravel, anyway, the dirt 'n chert road is usually extremely dusty when we go
down it and the rain made it not dusty. That was nice. We saw the usual stuff
at the festival, molasses and soap making, a blacksmith and knife maker, people
spinning and weaving, lots of little handcrafts for sale and some antique
stuff. And they have free wagon rides around the grounds. We didn't see many locals
there this year but we are starting to know some of the vendors and they
recognize us from previous years. Come to think of it there were two vendors
not there this year that usually are. One of the vendors there is always at the
Renaissance Festival too.
10/22/13
Well the
internet came back on late last night. And we are supposed to frost tonight so
I have to go see if there is anything worth bringing in from the garden.
