Sunday, October 6, 2024

Teaching an Old Crow New Tricks...


 I've not much to say...but I finally got the new pc set up and wanted to see if I could actually manage a blogpost.

Fingers crossed.

I know some were expecting wedding photos and I promise I will share some...if I somehow manage to figure out how to transfer what is salvageable data from my old hard drive here...and figure out where, exactly, my photos go when I try to upload them.

Change doesn't come easily to me and I get very attached to old ways.
And, frankly, I haven't had time to experiment.
The lightning damage is worse than I initially realized.  I have managed to get the backup generator and the pool system repaired and, obviously, replaced my pc. This next week will be spent trying to get my wells up and running.
No small task given that replacing the pump for the main house involves cutting down my tree (Lauren...I feel your pain intensely), removing plantings and landscaping and trying to relocate a very large...and very heavy...concrete birdbath.

I sometimes feel as though I just can't handle anything more...then I think of those who lost everything in the wake of Helene...and I feel ashamed.

Anyways....

What you get today is just some random photos that somehow managed to migrate to a place I can find them.

Halloween decorating has been put mostly on hold for yet another year.
I have pulled out a few favorites or easily accessible pieces and will call it good.
One piece that somehow didn't find its way back to where it was supposed to be is this piece I stitched last year.  I don't think I've posted it...if I have, my apologies.


 "Pumpkins Three" by La-D-Da. (Sorry for the glare.)
The frame should have been larger, but it was a premade frame that didn't come larger...and I liked it, so I forced it.
Seeing it here, I may decide to reframe it....
Or not.

On the fun side of things, my daughter-in-law and I took little Mia for her first visit to the pumpkin patch at the orchard.


It was a picture-perfect day and I'm glad to say Mia found a pumpkin she loved enough to bring home.



We are under a frost advisory for tonight and I should move a few plants that are still thriving indoors.
But I won't. 
I'm truly tired of watering.

Hoping your Sunday was good to you.





4 comments:

Saundra said...

I am not tech savvy so totally understand the challenge with finding things or learning how new things work. And if it makes you feel better, I stopped decorating for Halloween years ago. Well except for maybe a couple of the hooked rugs.
My but how Mia has grown and if she is enjoying the Halloween festivities, then Christmas will be very special for her.

Nancy said...

I do less "Halloween" decorating and more displays of naturals that I find in the Woods and along the lake...dried, papery gooseberry "lanterns," Witches' Burrs, old roots and unusual sticks and stones. But there is a little cornhusk Witch flying on her broom on the living room wall clock...and a pair of Witch boots gracing my front door wreath!

Nancy said...

And Mia is a doll!

Rugs and Pugs said...

I hate change and anything techy is a challenge. I got new WIFI and 4 things no longer worked because they weren't automatically connected to the new. DSO to the rescue. Three of the four are now up and running. Did I mention I hate change?
Sweet, sweet pics of Mia and yes, we are waiting on wedding photos.
Helene...so heartbreaking and our government is pretty much useless from what I have been seeing. They need to put Governor DeSantis in charge and things will be done...quickly. Off my soapbox now.