After this blogpost gets finished up this morning we have a walk. Have to throw on a sweater or jacket these days. But it is darn beautiful with the leaves doing their color change. It’s all special.
Most Thursday mornings lately I have been walking with Jen and Jim and then afterward we do archery. It is a fun morning. They are well into the beginner stage of slinging arrows and are moving along nicely. I always look forward to our sessions.
The rest of the day is devoted to more vehicle and equipment maintance. These are all things that need to be addressed before winter. Winter mode is demanding and things go a lot easier when there aren’t last minute emergencies. Just stuff that one learns over the years. Every month has it’s duties as well as it’s particular joys to attend to and to look forward to.
That reminds me to pick apples off this particular tree that we planted years ago and finally it is producing. Actually it is the tree that Wiley and I are pruning in a scene in Phil’s Camino – So Far So Good. It was wild and unpruned for years because we lost track of it in the brambles but we cleared that area and it is out in the open. Nice to find a long lost friend.
Time to find my boots for the grass is wet out there in the mornings. Maybe I should use my poles. OK, pretty low keyed morning here at Raven Ranch and glad you stopped by. October loves, Felipe.
Great photos! I love the photos of the Hawthorne–I drink the tea good for the heart!
Jessika ~ we should try and make tea for tapas. Good idea! Felipe.x
Querido Felipe,
This afternoon I was going to take a picture of the vine that grows in the walls of my building, it is all green and happy. Other plants the building housekeeper has downstairs have flowers… just weeks ago, all of them were raw and undressed! Spring is definitely here!
So much to learn from the seasons, right? My Scottish friend from the Camino who happened to be a religious priest, always reminds me that “the buds that we see in the Spring were actually conceived in the winter…” and also, that “without the falling of the leaves, and the rawness of the winter, there will be no room for new buds”… I very much like this outlook of life… and I think over and over again, that whatever we need to learn is in front of our eyes the 24 hours of the day, the 365 days of the year… it is a matter of paying attention…
Now, could you save the apples for an apple pies for breakfast along the duration of the get-together meeting?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Apple Pie&Apple Crumble&Apple Tarts for Breakfast Movement” Love,
Cris
Cris ~ I find the ritual of the seasons comforting. They parade by me and I watch. I like that whole image. Sounds like a blogpost coming on. And pies for our get-together is a splendid idea. Later, Felipe.x
Thursday mornings spent with you walking, chatting, and watching arrows improbably attach themselves in various proximities to the targets is one of Jen and my great joys. It’s helped prepare me for the journey here on the East Coast. Ever Thankful. Looking forward to their resumption. Much Love, Jim
Jim ~ good luck on your mission. Missed you both here. Hurry back, Felipe.