Not much happening in The Liberties - it's half-term, so we're all taking a break from the routine. I kind of like the routine, as it happens - but I seem to be in the minority on that one. I mean, I still wake at the usual time (well, an hour earlier now the clocks have gone back) and so I'm up and ready for action...but there isn't any. Missy is taking a well-earned rest - which she needs, so I'm loathe to annoy her too early in the day.
Most days I give The Hound a bit of exercise in the back garden, saving the planet a little by not driving to the beach. Then it's more 'tidying up outside' before winter hits us - moving leaves from one place to another, taking stuff to the local dump, chopping firewood and so on. I never remember so many projects outside as there are this autumn - must be the good weather.
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| Thatcher Woods, West Chicago. Taken 2 years ago when I visited The Brother for Thanksgiving. Not sure I'll get back this year, maybe next year, if the £ recovers somewhat and the US still allows me to visit. Interesting times over there in the States right now - I watched a short interview (Channel 4 news) the other night with a Democrat, a Republican and a kind-of Republican-but-undecided-whether-or-not-to-vote-for-Trump. What was clear was the separation between the people supporting the two main candidates - there was a lot of anger and distrust in the air. Whoever gets in come November 8th will have a heck of a job bringing the country together. I wish them well. |
Watch my blog on Monday for a very rare (from me) political post with my take on what's going on here Stateside. This is a strange time we live in.
ReplyDeleteI shall read with interest, Jim. Of course the really big news is that The Cubs won the World Series - everything else pales into insignificance ;)
DeleteWhatever you do these days, just don't make too much noise around a sleeping teenager my friend, you might need to pay for that some day :))
ReplyDeleteAs for The States there's more than enough happening right now, no doubt about it. Have we ever seen something close to this at any point in modern times at all? I usually keep my fingers away from writing anything political myself as well, and prefer to keep it that way. What we talk about now seem to partly have left the political world long time ago anyway, so it might be a bit different actually.
Nice snap from over there by the way. Nice trees, open forest kind of thing. Looks nothing like this over here where the forests usually is a bit overgrown compared to this one. Beautiful autumn snap.
Thanks for the comment, Roy. You are entirely correct of course, sleeping dogs and teenagers should be left well alone!
DeleteYes like you I generally refrain from writing about things political on this place - other than perhaps the odd observation. The few people that do stop by don't come here for that :)