Monday, October 19, 2009

Bright and Beautiful


Autumn continues and is still beautiful. We were expecting a nor'easter mid-week which would have taken the leaves down but thankfully, it didn't materialize. It is windy and rainy this morning so we won't be walking today. I opted out yesterday which is unusual but had a concert to attend.

I saw Stan Carew and the Magpies at the PEI stop on their theater fund-raising tour. Stan is the host of a very popular, Halifax-based, CBC radio show called Weekend Morning. Stan and I have had correspondences several times over the years so it was great to put faces to the names. The show was very enjoyable with a Texas swing or Rockabilly country style.

I'm hoping for some nice weather this week to finish up the outdoor chores. Saturday was beautiful and I did a bit of these jobs but was quite exhausted from the earlier hike so did not finish. It's ironic that on nice days when it's good for working outside it's good for hiking and rainy or windy days are good for neither. I am still painting chairs so have chores to do no matter the weather.

With the weather forecast featuring Nor'easters and lots of wind and rain these days, I thought I'd provide some appropriate music. First, here's Ollabelle with The Storms Are On the Ocean and a favorite of mine, Buckets of Rain. This Dylan song has been covered many, many times and I have lots of versions but here is the original from The Bob himself.

2 comments:

Carol Tiffin James said...

If you don't mind, I'm snatching this gorgeous picture for my desktop background!

I've been disappointed in our fall this year. The foliage was supposed to be beautiful, but too much rain and wind took down a lot of the leaves before we could enjoy them.

Cuidado said...

I'm thrilled you like the photo enough to use it. I'm using this one from my Shutterchance blog:
http://justpictureit.shutterchance.com/photoblog/Number_One_Thousand_/

I don't think our leaves are as nice this year either. Warm days and cold nights make them most spectacular but we've not had those wide sweeps of temperature.