Share Four Somethings - October 2024

It's time once again to share Something Loved, Something Accomplished, Something Improved Upon, and Something Noticed from the past month or so. As always, I'll include my Something Read and a little of What's Coming Up Soon. 

Something Loved

October always seems to offer a lot to love! We've been really lucky to have gorgeous warm weather the last couple of weeks, so even if the fall colors seemed a bit late or less spectacular than I was hoping for, the sunny days were good compensation.

Right now, the trees are beautiful! Lots of gold and orange-y hues, and some reds too.

Hockey season has started! And we are sharing season tickets with friends, so we'll be going to quite a few games this year!

We visited my husband's sister and some friends in Ontario last weekend.

And my parents are here visiting for another whole week!

Something Accomplished

There have been a few minor glitches, but the Wednesday Quotes link-up was relaunched at the beginning of October, co-hosted by ME and Sadje at Keep It Alive. The link-up is open every other week and started on Wednesday, October 2nd. See more about the link-up here: Wednesday Quotes Returns! The first two link-ups were on the themes Kindness and Harvest, and actually the Harvest link-up is open for a day or two more. I would love to have you join in there or in the new link-up which opens on Wednesday, October 30th, looking at the theme Superstitions.

Something That Needs Improvement

My voice! Last Sunday I lost my voice somewhere on the road from Ontario to Ohio. I think somewhere in Michigan. Oddly, I'd had no sore throat, no cough, no other symptoms at all. My voice was just getting really scratchy and kind of "cutting out" and by evening was gone altogether. I had no voice on Monday but still felt fine, although it felt like I was always needing to clear my throat. Tuesday was the same so I went to the Urgent Care after work since I thought maybe it was strepthroat. The swab was negative and the doctor said my lungs and everything seemed clear, and there were no signs of infection. My voice has come back a little bit in the days since, but very unreliable and scratchy, and my throat is dry but needs clearng at the same time. Needless to say, I cannot sing! I've been following the doctor's suggestions, and will be seeing my own doctor if it doesn't resolve within the next week.

Something Noticed (In our Lives or Around Town)

We walked in Rocky Fork Metro Park yesterday and were interested in how many different kinds of berries were on the trees. We saw at least five different kinds, some that we could not identify. The wasps that live in this nest have three varieties right outside their front door!

This tangle was right above the wasp nest - the orange berries seen in the closeup, some very dark berries, and some yellow ones. We saw one or two other types of red berry, and juniper berries as well. 

Something Read

The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

Blood of Adam by Rachel S. Neal

Here are the books I'm currently reading:

Sisters of Fortune by Anna Lee Huber

Harvest of Gold by Tessa Afshar

   

All of my reading news is at Just A Second if you're interested.

What's Coming Up Soon?

Later in the week we're heading to Maryland for a few days. Taking Mom and Dad to spend some time with their Maryland grandchildren, and then we'll go up to Ontario so Mom and Dad can head home. Boy, these visits go by quickly!

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