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Fall is here!

I’ve been worried these last few days of summer and now fall is here! The maple and birch leaves have been falling. Swirls of leaves follow me as I walk along the trail. But the leaves are green and spotted! Where are the fall colors? May I just be anxious for cooler climes. Perhaps but with the wind and rain being so plentiful as of late I fear the fall colors nature brings with the changing seasons may be compromise.
AS I look out my window, the leaves seem to be talking to each other; they sway back and forth in the wind. Last night I heard numerous conversations of chattering leaves. What does one leaf say to another? Maybe they are pleading with one another to hold on to their branches or maybe they are encouraging each other to fly away with the wind.
Miraculously I found a yellow rose in my rose bush recently. I swear it is pink now. Do roses change color? Whatever, it is a wonderful sight. The rain has brought all sorts of colorful mushrooms up from the ground – orange, purple and of course white. Plenty of tiny little toads hopping about too and slender long snakes slithering about the driveway. No bloodsucking gnats like last year. I couldn’t even open doors to enjoy the wonderful cool weather as the gnats were so tiny that they could squeeze through the screens! The plague of gnats, inside and out, were annoying to say the least. No bloodsucking attacks – at least as of yet.
As I ramble on steadied with glee of autumnal comings, my mind goes to all the things that need to be completed before winter gets here. I’ll make a list but for now I am going to enjoy the blissfulness of fall’s arrival. I think I will go crunch some fallen foliage beneath my feet, dogs in tow!
Budget blueprint
Yesterday, The Hill reported that President-elect Trump’s budget blueprint would eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with the goal of reducing federal spending by trillions over the next decade. The budget blueprint itself has not yet been produced and would be a non-binding document. We are at the very beginning of the federal appropriations process. We do not expect the President’s budget to be released until April. The House and Senate will each soon begin work on the annual appropriations process. Each chamber must pass its own spending bills and then come to agreement on spending for the year before sending bills to the president to be signed into law. Fortunately, there is a solid foundation of bipartisan arts advocacy and support over the years.
Mountain Mary | Hiking to get higher.
https://mountainmaryblog.wordpress.com/
Beautiful photos of Catskills. Check out Mary’s hiking blog.
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Cease-and-Desist Served on AIM |
http://saneenergyproject.org/2015/10/07/cease-and-desist-served-on-aim/
” Blued Trees, created by eco-artist Aviva Rahmani, consists of trees in the line of destruction on which a blue sine wave is painted. One such tree is one note in the score. One-third mile of these notes constitutes one full measure in the symphony.
A Cease-and-Desist Demand has been served on the Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC. That corporation seeks to condemn the private property in Peekskill, NY, on which the overture for the project was installed on June 21, and copyrighted.”
Use of eminent domain for corporations to increase profits is questionable at best.
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5 scenic drives in the Catskills to take during fall season | NewYorkUpstate.com
http://www.newyorkupstate.com/catskills/2015/09/scenic_fall_foilage_drives_catskills_road_trip.html
The best views at this special time of the year can be found in the Catskill Mountains.
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Pre Perseids Sky – August 12th 2015 on Vimeo
Had to share this time lapse video of the sky before darkness and Perseid meteor showers. Enjoy the show!
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Half Marathon Training Schedules For Walkers – The Walking Site
2015 Goals include half marathon training in the Catskills
http://www.marathonwalking.com/schedule_ez_half.html
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Look What $600,000 Will Buy You Today in Stamford, NY!
A piece of Americana just lost by fire. Some things can’t be replaced:
“The seven story structure opened in July, 1888 as the “Queen of the Catskills” most magnificent hotel. 70,000 square fee of fabulous. Later more than 30 chefs would could up local delicacies for the rich and famous of the day. Movie’s “Tarzan,” Johnny Weissmuller once was the lifeguard at the hotel’s pool. The hotel sits on almost 8 acres over looking its own lake.”
The jewel of the Catskills, Cyr Center, up in flames – so sad.
http://cnynews.com/look-what-600000-will-buy-you-in-stramford-ny/?trackback=fbshare_top