Thursday, September 25, 2014

Fall Work

Reality always sets in during early fall days. Summer fun is over. My mind moves into fall gear. What to do to ready the yard and the outside for winter. Clear the deck of chairs and the grill, burn brush that has accumulated over the spring and summer in the garden and move the wood. That's pretty much the big stuff.

Joanne's Helpful Hint #7
Fall Work-
It's called 'transition', and it's all good. In the Pacific North West, you want to start preparing for fall come the first of October. Although the weather is still stunningly beautiful, it's time. Beat the rainy season. Get it done early. Clear the deck of chairs, table and the umbrella. When the umbrella is down, summer is over. Bring out the pumpkins! Take the screens off and fill the birdfeeders. Roll up the hoses and do a final 'blow' of the leaves off the back deck. Do these chores in any order, but get it done. 
Oh, yes sad as it is, put away the gin and tonic glasses. G&T is summer all over! 

Everybody has a plan to 'attack' the seasons' changes.
Bottom line: Keep It Positive.
Life changes.
Deal with it.

22 comments:

  1. i have lots of wood stored in the shed. just wishing for rain to green things up one more time before winter!

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  2. Not much preparing to do down here, except for raking a few leaves and of course putting out the pumpkins!

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  3. I don't have such a plan. There must be something wrong with me.

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  4. I agree with those last sentences !

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  5. Yep! that's what we are doing---cleaning up and putting away. cleaning up the gardens too. Preparing the way for planting Tulip bulbs. Always October.
    Bend is a nice town but are you going to make it to Washington?????
    MB

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  6. What, no more barbecues?
    Oh, well - the rain has started here.

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  7. Easy to agree with the last line of the advice...

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  8. You are making me twitch. I leave for Italy tomorrow and then when I get back I have a fast turnaround and departure for Florida. Get the Connecticut house and yard ready for the fall? Help!

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  9. It's still so warm here that I can't think of winter!

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  10. Apparently, we've done away with all seasons but summer out this way.

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  11. Oh yeah, the hoses. I always forget. :-\

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  12. we grill out all year long and i didn't know gin and tonics were a seasonal thing...my bad!

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  13. Yeah. We'll do it. But I'll also start pulling out the soup recipes. I like soup. Don't mind making it. There's some compensation there.

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  14. But I'm not ready yet to think of winter! Yep, I AM procrastinating.

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  15. All I do is unhook the hoses and roll them up. We don't generally have a very long winter. December through March.

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  16. Just think, this year autumn does not mean going back to work. Mazeltov!

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  17. For me, it's getting out those warm socks, turtlenecks & fleece jackets...But most years it's a lot earlier than October!!

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  18. And here on the other side of the world the umbrellas are going up, the pool cleaned and the reticulation checked.. talk about an upside down world :)

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  19. Yup, life changes. . .some are good, some less so.

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