Lesson 765: Here We Snow Again

Hello, Readers.

Brrrrrrr!

The Lamp Post is blanketed under snow.

Stealing the words of local meteorologist, Tom DiVecchio,

Here we snow again!

I left for work under the soft pink

of the November sky

and I returned home to ice.

I actually caught the snow walls

moving across the lake

with Buffalo in their cross hairs.

Change is inevitable,

but also beautiful,

evidenced by the Clark School tree.

The Clark Schooligans 

didn't mind the snow.

Out came the sleds,

and up went the snowmen.

My nature fascination this week is found

hanging above Firman Road

This wasp nest

hangs 

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How long can it hold?

I'm glad I live where the seasons change.

Without change

life would be boring.

She's never bored.

She's working more Happy People Merch.

for the Boston Bean coffee shop in North East,

available November 27th.

Here we snow again!

 

Eloise

Lesson 764: Fading Daylight

Hello, Readers.

It's hard to believe we've come 'round to Friday once again. 

It's the time of year that the daylight fades,

no matter how hard we try to save it.

I spend more of my waking hours at the Lamp Post

in the dark.

When I leave work,

long shadows fall across the school lawn.

The sun  was setting in just the right way

to light up the tree in a glorious burnt orange.  

The drive down Firman Road

heads into the setting sun

the fading light

matching my fading energy.

But, no time for tired

if I have a winter walking challenge to complete.

Busted out the Stormy Kromer.

my reflective jacket,

and hubby's bigfoot cap.

We headed out into the spooky,

dark night.

Or,

like 6:30 pm.

The winter 100 is nice

because you can set your own rules.

So yes, 

Firman Road

and the Community Park paths 

count as a hike in the winter.

The forest floor is really getting pretty.

I love the smell of this point in  the fall.

Fading light

summons the fading life in the leaves.

Cloud fronts loom low in the distance.

In the foreground

are two of my three walking partners.

The little brown one was out of the frame on a hard sniff.

There is still plenty of pretty left in the fall season

so get out there and appreciate it.

The Powder Puff volleyball game

was not pretty for the sophomore class.

Team Green lost to a rowdy bunch of seniors.

They had lots of fun though.

And that's the most important.

Have a fun weekend!

  Eloise

Lesson 763: Crafty

Hello, Readers.

It's the weekend.

Mother Nature is being a bit crafty 

in duping up into believing fall will be forever this pleasant.

I dug out all of my winter stuff 

after a 33 degree sideways rainy morning two weeks ago,

and I publicly lamented what I thought was the end 

of Erie's "good weather."

Since then,

the weather has been beautiful

just about

every day!

My dad and I discussed the falling leaves the other 

day a lunchtime.

Grandma wasn't interested in leaves.

She was trying to get Penny to come when she called her.

That doesn't happen often.

We don't think Penny quite gets it.

I started my Adventure Winter 100 Challenge 

this week.

You can set your own rules

and weekday park walks

throughout the winter

with two pooches yanking on their leashes--

that counts towards mileage of a hike.

I got some cool photos

in the Community Park,

walking in a thick fog.

What are we doing with our time now that football is over?

Sam is still kicking his around the yard in the evening

after he comes home from basketball practice.

He had one day in between sports.

The rest of us headed down to Erie's Bayfront 

this evening.

The girls are getting crafty this weekend, too!

They have a table for Natalie's 

Happy People shirts and cups

at the Holiday Craft Show

at the Bayfront Convention Center

this weekend.

The sky was so pretty over lower Erie.

The moon had a soft glow,

the sky a perfect pink.

This is not a perfect pink.

Oh, how I loathe this story.

Yep. 

I heard the click of all of my followers 

leaving my page.

I do not know what the fuss is about this book.

It reads like a really bad,

dramatized soap opera.

The enlarged font looks like when kids used to 

cheat on research papers and use the arial font

to make their writing appear that it was longer.

Why is this story so hyped?

Another unpopular opinion--

I didn't like Verity either.

I did like this one though--

so hang with me if you are considering unfriending me.

I'm trying to craft my book ranking system.

I'll share it with you, Readers,

once I perfect it.

The girls are a few decorative tassels short

for their table display, so I have to help out.

See you next week,

Eloise