Placebo

 Last night there were supposed to be meteor showers but I didn't go out to see them.  Tonight is a lunar eclipse.  Zed wants to see it so I might get up and out too.  Currently there is cloud cover.   He has been listening to a podcast that has to do with the open-label placebo effect.  It is called The Placebo Magick Podcast.  It sounds interesting and I am going to try to look into it later.  The point of this is that we might try some placebo magick during the eclipse tonight, if we wake up.  Other happy things from today:

• Stepping outside with our dog, Aesop, this morning I didn't wear any shoes.  I had expected a very cold ground, it was only a little cold.  There were no signs of frost and the ground was good under my feet.  
• The day warmed to almost 70 degrees which made for a lovely day to go for a walk with my friend Amy.  We hadn't seen each other in a while and it was good to walk and talk for a while.
• Along the walk we saw a Halloween display still up in someone's yard.  There was something about the carriage that they used that I just think was spectacular.  It's a beautiful carriage and interesting Halloween decoration.  Apparently one can be purchased at Home Depot.

• There was a lovely sunset.  

• And a bright mostly full moon to light up the night.  Later there was rain, but the evening began with mostly clear skies.

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Currently reading: Mount Washington A Guide and Short History, by Peter E. Randall.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Happy Halloween

 Halloween is not my favorite holiday.  I went out with the family while Gideon trick-or-treated tonight.  Zed and Keziah went to the movies in the middle and Gideon and I finished around walking the neighborhood and then home.  Sorcerer Gideon had a blast waving his wand and getting treats.

Applying the make-up

Rawr!

The family.

Back home.

Other happy things for today:

• It was a beautiful, after-the-rain, fall day.  

• Every week, TF and I have a phone call where we plan out our week ahead and discuss what we got done the week previous.  It is our goal accountability time.  This week we talked a long time about things like life, strategies, and neurodivergence.  
• The sunset was lovely tonight while we wandered streets filled with monsters, fairies, dogs, and firemen.

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Currently reading:  Mount Washington A Guide and Short History, by Peter E. Randall.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

Black Cat

This morning I counted the boxes for me to go through.  There were nineteen.  I have only reduced that number by one.  I went through just over three boxes.  I don't think that is good odds.  There are more things to be donated and a bunch to burn or recycle.  That is good.  Other happy things from today:

• There are Halloween decorations up around town.  Out on my walk, next to a mailbox, I saw a stack of three pumpkins and a black cat silhouette.  The cat silhouette was just right, with the tail curved hook like and a slightly arched back.  I thought about how as a driver, in the right lighting, I might be concerned that the cat would run in front of the car.  Walking I observed the foliage and when I looked back, the cat was gone!  It was a real cat that looked from my distance like a decoration.

I wish I took a picture while the cat was there.

• Leaves fall onto evergreen bows and decorate them like Christmas trees.  Seeing this, I always wonder if this is somehow part of the beginnings of decorating trees.

• Without using any hair ties, I attempted the last Viking hairstyle from this video.  I've done variations before.  I'm kind of pleased with how it came out this time.

• More fall foliage pictures and sunset (and my fingers).

Sunset.

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Currently reading: Mount Washington A Guide and Short History, by Peter E. Randall.


Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.