August 2025 Grab Bag

 Yesterday morning, the sun hit that particular slant of light that signaled Autumn.

I cannot specifically tell you what it looks like:  a sort of faded sort indirectness, a kind of almost half seen mist, the very light itself almost seeming angled instead of straight.  It is different from the sunlight of Summer:  hard, coming straight down, almost violent in its rush to meet the Earth.

We still have days of heat in the 80's and 90's F ahead, but I stand by my call.  

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Along with the changing of the sunlight, it appears that my Summer "Garden" is about done.  

I managed to get 10 peppers over the course of the year from the Serrano pepper plant, so likely I will call that a success.  The herbs I purchases made it through the Summer (although I almost managed to kill the mint from a spot of lack of water).  Spinach seeds were harvested yesterday; likely I will plant them and the Autumn garden in the next day or two.

I have had worse years gardening.

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It does not feel like it today, but I realized that I am starting to reach the end of regular travel.

It is not coming quite yet: I have a trip to Old Home to attend a funeral and see my Mother-In-law and Sister-In-law next weekend, a trip to The Ranch, and then a trip for a hike.  After that, it is one trip a month to The Ranch and one trip to see family a month in November and December.  Travel after that is somewhat up in the air.  There is probably value in checking in on the property once a month as I have been doing until it sells and I do still have to move things.

But I can potentially see an end coming soon to such regular flights.

Honestly, I would be fine with that.  The coming and going is disruptive to having a regular sort of weekend life.