Well, well. The first taste of delicious organic pear from Amanda and Tom's new backyard.
A food mill seemed like a good investment with an orchard in the family. Ordered from Amazon and not cheap, but I like OXO Good Grip products. Anyway, if the pears I brought home all ripen at about the same time, I'll cook up a batch of pear butter. John can do the "milling" part which looks tedious even with a fancy new gadget.
The big move is moving ahead full steam this weekend in Twisp. Nica and Millie here know something is up, and taking no chances being left behind. Amanda says as they move things in, the new house becomes more bright and inviting as the old place looks more dark and chaotic. That's how it should feel! Everyone is excited for them starting this new life.
It absolutely poured rain on Halloween night, but we still had 75 or so trick-or-treaters at the door. The kids were polite and the parents said "thank, you ma'am" which made me feel old.
It's true-- we're the senior citizens who have lived in the same house on the corner since before many of those parents were born.
People are friendly, but this has never been a neighborhood where we socialize, at least not inside. I guess Halloween is an excuse to get a little peek into houses that people walk and drive by every day. Folks are always very interested in ours. Like I say, been here a long time.
What did you do with your extra hour today? Sleep? I made a cake and John a final lawn mow for the year. That's about it for outside, other than leaves still to rake. Yard, see you in February, we're about to hunker down.
