This and That

Another day of depressing news...more kids killed in Viet na..oh sorry, Iraq, no WMD's yet, more jobs lost up here in good old NY state, SS benefits going up but Medicare increases will take care of that as it is going up by 13.5%.

The wind blew over yet another huge tree,  [broke off about 15 feet from ground] and the tractor needs a new radiator so until the tractor is fixed DH can't haul the tree over to get it cut up.

My trip to Binghamton to see "I Capture the Castle" was waylaid by car trouble and I think today was the last showing so I am throughly annoyed because I really wanted to see it. 4 star review and a British film which are usually better done than the garbage Hollywood spews out. I did see Seabiscuit and Chicago, both of which I loved and Open Range which had fantastic scenery, good acting and too much "Bang Bang Bang" at the end to suit my taste.

On a better note, we had a couple of breathtakingly beautiful days this week, the ones that make me think of Helen Hunts'poem  " Octobers' Bright Blue Weather". Cerulean skies and trees painted with vivid oranges, scarlets, topaz, pale lemon and magentas with enough evergreens among them to make any artist grab for their brushes. I am still hoping to get back to painting this year.

Upstairs work progressing slowly but anything is better than nothing so I keep chugging along. My room is livable now although it has some overflow from another room I am working on. I need to do some painting in there and DH has repaired the six over six windows which are about 130 years old. They don't make this type in wood anymore.  Curtains in the spare room looked good but dirty, they disintegrated into rags when I washed them..oh well, such is life!

Check in for more. Christmas is on the way and I have several Christmas pages on AOL Hometown under my Niteowl screen name which will show up on Wetdog4.  If you are a Christmas nut, please feel free to visit.