The past couple of weeks

The past couple of weeks weren't as fun or adventurous as the two days with Robin, but here's a run down just the same.

This is Moose, a 4.5 month old St. Bernard. He belongs with the human, who was picking up junk two units down from me.

Moose was...enthusiastic in his greeting. Translation: He jumped all over me, practically bowled me over.

 A bit of grooming that didn't lead to a tussle...Derry was too lazy to bother.

I've been seeing a balloon floating up each evening for a while now. Finally was able to grab a camera in time and snap a couple of pics. Turns out it's Carla's human flying it; he's attached it to a child's plastic fishing rod. (He's a bit of an odd duck, I can't put my finger on it. Not intellectually challenged per se; he owns the unit, drives a car, works. But something is quite different about him. Of course, I'm rather an odd duck in my own ways too!)

Frontenac County Courthouse in the morning light, one morning on the way to work. I walked from the downtown transfer point, needed to get my body moving.

 I never can remember the name of the shrub, but it's always so glorious in the fall.

 Looking up in the courtyard outside my office building.

 Late-blooming rose.

Catnip for Derry. I had to put Nicki in the house because nip makes him nasty, and he had Derry cornered at one point, poor Derry hissing for all he was worth. Once Nicki was out of the picture, Derry had a go. 

 What an expression! LOL.

Less entertaining, but more productive: A year and a half after Robin's husband, Chuck, did my downstairs baseboard trim, I finally got around to painting it. Six hours on Sunday October 15th from start to finish (taping, painting two coats, cleaning everything up), long hours of being hunched over and sometimes getting more paint on me than on the trim. But I got it done, at last.

A quick snapshot of part of the living area. I had to do everything, from the entryway and hall closet right through to the back wall.

All that tape going into landfill. I'm a very messy painter, not at all neat, and have to tape everything off.

BTW, I didn't give a thought to what 6 hours of stooping over and squatting would do to my out-of-shape body, but let's just say moving was difficult on Monday and Tuesday!

The week wound down with continued glorious weather, and a few late blooms:

That's how things have looked here since early October. It's crazy, how quickly this month is passing. I hope everyone is doing well!

Peace.