I brought home several first-rate pastries, including a pecan bar, pecan roll, blueberry muffin and cinnamon roll.

Ron, Jett and I went to Bennington to pick up Purina wet lamb food for Jett at Walmart. It was the only store nearby that carries it and has it in stock.

On the way back, we did a short walk through the Norman and Selma Greenberg Conservation Reserve. Gorgeous property, it reminded me of our walks in the West Barnstable nature preserve, only this one is better: it has views of mountains.

Before heading home, we stopped at Chenail’s farm stand for corn.

Back at home, we watched football. I fed Ron a bunch of snacks and more or less healthy odds and ends and mixed up Jett’s kibble with about half a can of Purina lamb stew.

Ron raked, I cleaned up the post-frost dead plants in the vegetable and flower garden and deck containers.

I brought three garden tools to be sharpened to the South Williamstown Association’s Repair Cafe, then stopped off to see a show by a local artist who also teaches at the Harper Center.

About on schedule (mid-October or so), it is 29 degrees and time to clean up the gardens and the deck.

I wanted to go on Cape for a couple of days but a possible Nor’easter is predicted for the coast.

Jett and I were up before 6. Or was it before 5? In any event, I mixed up the Purina canned lamb with his regular food and he wolfed it down. Looks like Walmart has the best price.

Made a casserole with tomatoes, onions, spinach, garlic, corn, bok choy, Parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs. Very tasty.

Stopped at Remedy Hall to go over changes. Brought their laptop home when I couldn’t see the interface to publish! Bloody nuisance. I forgot the power cord but fortunately have a Dell power adapter at home. Same 19.5 volt output and the tip fits.

Went to Walmart for Purina lamb but they didn’t have a single one. While I was there, picked up Ron’s prescription from yesterday’s meeting with his Primary, coffee for Andi and two nice desserts from the freezer section, cheesecake and a Key Lime pie.

Ron’s bloodwork report was done the same day as the draw. He is low on Iron. I gave him two bottles of Ferrous Sulfate.

I should mention that he’s booked for two appointments with memory specialists in February and March. He also has an appointment with an audiologist. I made an appointment for a wellness visit, I think next Thursday.

We watched the final interview with Jane Goodall this evening. Very touching, inspiring.

Three day weekend ahead and a fair amount of activity. I doubt we’ll do much, we skipped Log Lunch today and a showing of Sundance Indigenous films yesterday.

We got a fair amount of rain last night and this morning.

Jett and I dropped off a book at the library.

Ron and I have been busy with laundry this morning. The bathroom smelled horrible when I got up at 6:45 or so. Turns out there was a half load of clothing that had been sitting there, likely for over a day. I washed and dried everything and they seem to be fine now.

I also did a wash with bleach.

Went through the Junk Mail folder and deleted almost all of it.

It’s been cloudy off and on.

We saw a story on PBS NewsHour last night about ChatGTP virtual “friends”. They’d interviewed a man who created a female companion who meets his emotional needs better than his wife.

I guess if your needs don’t require a living being, that might make sense. At least in his case, he felt it was beneficial. Personally, I wouldn’t find that helpful since my needs of a partner variety are pretty much physical. By that I mean I could use someone who would declutter and organize their “stuff” and build things, like a beautiful, big shed.

Its been hard for both of us to get in gear. I changed the sheets today but took no pleasure in doing it. Did some half-hearted weeding in the garden next to the driveway. We set out our meds for the week. Harangued Ron about putting away the coins that have been on our card table in the living room for months.

I was able to log in to two of my old accounts on Twitter, now X.

Saw the beautiful Harvest Super Moon last night.

We’ve been experiencing a short Indian Summer but a freeze is expected soon.

The beans, zukes and hibiscus have been done for a few days now. Tomatoes still ripening. Sadly, the Brandywines on the porch have done pretty well but way too late.

I’m hoping the lilac will shed its leaves soon. They are still wrinkled and discolored, hope the roots have established themselves.

The Montauk daisy has bloomed!

I’ve been catching up, reviewed and deleted thousands of emails. In the process, I found an invoice from the plumber dated early September. Ron and I wrote and mailed checks today.

I started reading a streaming version of “Gone With The Wind”. Margaret Mitchell wrote a heck of a yarn. So much better than the film.

Yesterday I finally got around to trying the soy curls. Soaked, seasoned and cooked them in the big frying pan. They turned out great and we had the remainder with a green salad tonight. Our small attempt to make the soy farmers who have lost the Chinese market whole.

Finally took the big air conditioner out of the living room window.

Ron mowed the back yard yesterday.

Played fetch with Jett this morning and walked him at The Spruces this afternoon.

Ron mowed the back yard.

Ron and I were planning to attend the Log Lunch but it was postponed because of Mountain Day. So, we ended up having lunch with the Berkshire Food Project and continued on to Walmart for one of my prescriptions and an OTC for Ron.

Ron got pretty plastered while Jett and I were gone. We punted on news and binged the rest of “Doc” on Netflix. Hope it’s renewed.

We are done with September and if today is any indication, well into Fall: 40 degrees when Jett and I went outside this morning.

We still have tomatoes but only a couple of beans this morning. Leaving a zuke alone, we have squashes in the frig.

We changed sheets on Monday but switched around the blanket and spread today after measuring both.

The federal government has shut down as of 0:00 this morning or rather 24:00 last night. This provides an opportunity to the Project 2025 gang to dismember more government functions and sentence more workers to economic capital punishment.

The people at the Food Pantry gave us a really nice selection of produce and a few extras, like cereal and English muffins. Bi-weekly CSA vegetables, including broccolini and kohlrabi.

I updated the code and database on the Remedy computer. Returned it along with some gluten-free cupcakes to celebrate their completion of two years of service and start of their third.

Back home I used the last of the giant zuke for two breads that turned out fabulously.

Ron had brought home a zucchini that had been discarded by the side of the road the last time he walked Jett. The zucchini was huge, weighed almost five pounds.

Today I washed it, peeled it and ground about half of it, three cups worth, for zucchini bread.

The bread turned out pretty well and now I need to figure out what to do with the rest of the zuke.

I just hope it wasn’t poisonous. It smelled and looked okay except for scratches on the skin which I was able to hack off. It was almost as hard as a rock, so I’m guessing that’s why it was tossed.

We’d thought about going to an outdoor event at the Williamstown Historical Museum, but it would have cost $20. I wanted to use up the propane at some point, so we stayed home and had grilled veg burger wraps with lettuce and tomato for lunch. We also had fresh corn that I purchased the other day from the Chenail Farm.

Yesterday we participated in the weekly anti-fascist standout in North Adams. We passed on the planning meeting that followed; I didn’t want to leave Jett alone for longer than necessary.

We watched two Week Four football games. Evidently the Patriots won theirs this weekend.

We breezed through the Wellness Fair at the Harper Center, then off to Log Lunch. We missed out on the entree – chickpea salad made with tahini, green peppers and seasonings, including cilantro, so not a huge loss.

I touched base with Andi later. She suggested a couple more features that I worked on while we watched tv.

Ron and Jett went for a long walk. Jett finally ate not one but two meals! He did much better today; we had only a brief shower around 1 pm.