October 31, 2017

My daughter took up the hall intersection.  The cat might have been jealous over her ability to occupy the entire width.

October 30, 2017

October 29, 2017

We got the winter cover on the pool finally.  We're supposed to put a big, inflatable 'pillow' in the middle to help with freezing, but we haven't had a pillow last a month before popping.  We'll see how long this one lasts.

October 28, 2017

My son made a cartoon for Halloween.

October 27, 2017

This kitty prefers to lay in the middle of the hallway.

October 26, 2017

October 25, 2017

October 24, 2017

The leaves are finally turning bright colors.  I was starting to think it had been too dry this year to get much vibrance.

October 23, 2017

These are some of our sacked potatoes.

October 22, 2017

I saw some iridescent clouds this afternoon.

October 21, 2017

My cat likes all the strings on shoes.

October 20, 2017

October 19, 2017

October 18, 2017

My daughter is going to camp with her class for the next two nights.

October 17, 2017

My dad is replacing the roof on the pavilion with a metal roof.

October 16, 2017

October 15, 2017

We stopped at the dam on the way home to watch a coal barge go through the locks.  Their observation tower is open again with displays about the river.  It closed 16 years ago after 9/11, so it was nice to take the kids up there for a better view.

October 14, 2017

We went to a festival and the soil and water conservation department had an augmented sand box.  You can create hills and lakes, and a projector shows terrain elevations and locations where water would collect.  She said farmers have come in to use it to predict what would happen if they changed their landscape.  It was a lot of fun to create mountains and flood the valleys.

October 13, 2017

We went for a walk in the hills/woods.  It was a really nice day for such meandering.

October 12, 2017

My husband bought a tiny game.

October 11, 2017

We bought a terrarium to give our anoles a nicer home.  I wanted to put a little waterfall inside and we were looking at foam to create it, but recently found a little waterfall system at the pet store.  It's the yellowish set of rocks in the middle.  I had picked up rocks from the garden and cleaned them earlier, so just had to place them in the front and around the fake rocks.  It ended up looking nice. 

October 10, 2017

October 9, 2017

We got this pop machine for my oldest for his birthday.  We're going to have to build a stand for it now.

October 8, 2017

My younger son made this napkin holder in his metals class.

October 7, 2017

We washed the camper and vehicles.  It's been so dry everything was covered in dust.

October 6, 2017

This is the frog that has taken up residence in our fish pond.

October 5, 2017

I was in Akron today.

October 4, 2017

Mika will sometimes sleep in my daughter's closet when she goes to bed.

October 3, 2017

We dug the potatoes today.  They're nice and big this year.  We filled all our sacks, which were enough to fill our truck.

October 2, 2017

My husband mowed the weeds in the potato patch.  It's very dry here, so he created a large dust cloud.

October 1, 2017