I think I've become a bear of little brain...

It could be the cooler weather or perhaps the change of seasons... but my mind  is quite foggy.  Worse than usual.  I have decided I am on the way of becoming quite like Pooh... not only my rounder waistline but in the way my brain works now and then.  Of course, one could do much worse than become Pooh-like.

I have fond memories of walks and bicycle rides when Stephanie was quite young, as we followed Pooh tracks searching for his sticks.  What can I say... we have quite active imaginations.  :)

I am looking forward to more peaceful days ahead after a week of busy-ness.  For the first time in months, my dishes have stacked up into the second day!  But after being gone most of the day and then fixing dinner... all I want to do is rinse the dishes and give them a promise of more attention later.  However, tomorrow looks less hectic so I can see some good deep cleaning ahead.

I had the strangest thing happen today as my number of Followers went down by quite a few.  Normally, I would rarely notice the number but the fall was quite startling.  Sometimes I have had this happen after recommending books or movies or TV shows or... whatever... which some may deem inappropriate. 

Which usually happens after I admit my obsession with NCIS or that one of my all time favorite episodes of a TV show was Bad Blood on the X-Files.  Hmmm... I have learned not to let numbers going up quickly get me giddy... nor falling just as quickly get me down.  Sigh... I bet it was my longing to have tea with Ratty and Mole.

The leaves are turning beautiful shades of gold and rust with a little red here and there.  We are definitely not near peak, yet... but pretty.  I can once again see my neighbor's red barn from the front porch.  That alone should make me happy. 

I was driving on a "near country" road close to campus this morning when two flocks of Canadian geese passed over the car so closely, I thought I could reach out and touch them... what Christopher calls a National Geographic moment.  All signs of the season... although I hope it does not mean early winter and those birds know something I don't.

With the cooler weather, there has been the mixing together of soups and stews and just last week, I made a double batch of my favorite pumpkin cookies... recipe here. These now surpass my cowboy cookies as the most requested by friends.  Right after frosting, I press about a dozen of them into finely chopped walnuts or pecans for those who love such nutty additions.

Oh, I have been asked how I have pumpkin!  I stocked up on it during the Holidays last year, as I do every year (canned pumpkin in the pantry and cranberries in the freezer).  I think I have one can left and I hear there may be another shortage this year due to the wet spring.

E-mails are a little passed due (as well as dishes and vacuuming) but soon... very soon... they will be caught up.  Hopefully.  Prayerfully.  Soon.