The Browns of November...and Frost is Coming!

 

Fall is falling and frost is coming...

Brrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woke to 36 degrees this morning...and suppose to see the 20's by Saturday.  I am soooooooooooooooooo not ready for this!

The nearby farmer has brought in his corn and the Crows have moved on...the Jays taken back their territory (loudly) and all is right with the world.

My pink Morning Glories have given up their blossoms and are hanging forlornly.

The Black Locust out back went through its orange...then brown...then all the tiny leaflets fall off at the same time (whomp)...now it is bare until Spring.

Dragging out my sweaters and hoodies...it is time...and although my Fall drink is tea/honey...I'm thinking hot cocoa will soon be on the list.

Amber and I will be shampooing the carpet before the holidays.

John is doing better...and in December we get to see the progress the chemo and radiation has made.  His shingles are resolving. 

Nothing like shingles to get your mind off cancer.

We cheered our teams on Sunday!!!!!

...thought they had broken my QB for a minute, there...

The Movie:

An older film I had somehow missed.

The name is Latin for

To The Stars

The cast including Brad Pitt, Liv Tyler, Tommy Lee Jones, and the late Donald Sutherlin...exceptional.

The story engaging about a son left behind when his father embarks for a lifelong mission for NASA searching for other forms of life.

The cinematography outstanding.

Sadly, the film falls flat in the last 25 minutes...and does not recover.

Do not recommend.

You have been warned!!!

The Book:

Which I have barely scratched the surface.

An interesting premise where a 2026 tradwife/influencer wakes up to find herself in the 1800's.

Will review as soon as I finish.

The Midterm Election

 

They're great for making coffee...

Finally recovered from Tuesday.

I'm definitely too old to be awake at 2:30 AM these days...but damn!!!!!

The meme doesn't even do it justice.

I've followed politics since 1974, and I have never (and will probably never) see anything like this week.

Indiana and Florida turned a bit purplish...which is all we can hope for...I guess.

But Ohio, The Carolinas, The Virginias, Texas, Mississippi, Michigan, Alaska, Kansas and Iowa (for fuck's sake) turned BLUE.

We rid ourselves of Collins, Grasserly, Ramaswamy, Moore, Boebert, Paxton, Abbott, Tillis, and a lot more.

Foxx is nearly gone...hanging on with withered hands and gnarled nails.

Ditto for Mississippi...that still hasn't conceded.

We've taken back The House and The Senate in a big way!

Trump is wandering around like a gelded colt...and whining about his ballroom.

Hegseth and Johnson are on their way out...and maybe RFK Jr., too.

All in all it has been a very good week for democracy!

We had the power all along!

Sunday Football...John's Update...and Tomorrow

 

Removing the Halloween Decorations.

You're dusting and removing cobwebs...

Yeah...same thing.

Anyway...Happy November!

Watched the Colts/Jags Game at 1PM yesterday with John.

Totally terrible and basically unwatchable...the only team worse was The Falcons who managed to score NO POINTS for their entire game.

The Colts seem completely demoralized at this point, and I'm pretty sure their season is over.

We watched the Chiefs/Broncos Game last night, too.

Although we did not win it stayed anybody's win until the final play.

Exciting and good.

 

Overcast today, and a Cinderella-Day, here. The colors have peaked and everything will soon be the crunchy brown of November.

John has several appointments, this week, and more chemo.

We will find out in December how it has went.

The Shingles are slowly dissipating and the pain medicine is helping with the cancer pain.

Better living through chemistry.

Susan B. Anthony's Grave in NY.

Tomorrow is the midterm election.

I voted early last week!

Started to celebrate the Day of The Dead...but with tomorrow and the GOP...it seemed redundant.

Very optimistic.

HALLOWEEN!!!

 

This is Halloween...This is Halloween...

Welcome to the end of the spooky season.

Tux-Kitty curled up on my chest for the entire night...to save me from the DEMON PUMPKIN.

He growled, hissed and spat at it last night...so it is going outside on the patio today.

Hard to believe tomorrow is November!

https://youtu.be/iT-ozlJGiE0?si=1Zi-tgpU9Hx84j8V

Watched all the old specials...

And enjoyed some new.

Enjoying some peace and quiet and maybe a caramel apple!

Have a wonderful (and safe) Halloween!

Fall Has Peaked...Week 7...Nearly Halloween...and More

 

It's Spooky Season!!!!

...the election is in 5 days...

The Black Locust tree is fully orange...the Blue Jays seemed to have lost their war with the Crows and moved on...the yard is dotted with cawing black crows waiting impatiently for the farm across the way to bring in the last of the horse-corn...and I bought a bag of apples yesterday which is sitting on my oak table scenting the whole house...

also a fat orange pumpkin.

It seems to be the bane of Tux-Cat's existance.

He has jumped on it twice...and also swatted it furiously.

Claws out.

"Seriously...what did I do???"

Wait until it is carved and a candle inside!

 

John is better...tolerating the chemo pretty well...fighting the battle of The Spots...and we watched Week 7 Games together.

Both our teams lost...

We're waiting on this week.

And now only The Vikings remain undefeated.

...even saying that seems vaguely wrong...

McRibs are back!

...for those who celebrate...

It is certainly the spooky season for the GOP, this year. I've already voted early...but it is shaping up to be an absolute bloodbath!!!

...and we're here to watch...

More later...

We're HALF-WAY....

 

through this terrible administration...

That's right...this is month 24...we can survive this.

And every day we can do better!

For the past month we have seen:

...more servicemen and women die...a new press secretary who only lasted half a Scaramucci...giving rise to the Zach which is 5 days...votes already being flipped in red states...it's not a bug but a feature...prices through the roof...a big bruise on the President's head...did he fall...did he hit it...how could you even tell??? Ramaswamy using the estranged Mother of his rival to smear her...finding out that his rival had been raped by the mother's boyfriend and removed from her home at 12...and he and Trump and JD all doubled down on the smear...

and more.

  

Yeah...I'm ready for whatever this is to be over.

Only 24 more months to go...

Chris is 37...Kansas is 5-0...John is Better and Apex

 

Chris is 37...

Kansas is now 5-0!!!

And they just fired Colt's GM, Chris Ballard...

woo-hoo!!!!!

John just finished his chemo for the week...and is feeling pretty good. 

The spots are still itchy but lessening.

And I found Apex.

An April 2026 release.

Excellent.

Edge of your seat thriller!