Days have gone by and I have been enveloped in the changing of the season. The next season has been on my mind as the last bits of summer are put away (the grill and cabana are still at the ready!) and preparations for winter have begun. The heat pump should be installed next week. The flower gardens have been dug up and plants moved around, and beautiful rock edgings have been put in place. The "Genny Shed" a little building for my generator is going to be built in the next few days. Flannel sheets are on all the beds. And I picked up my friend Marcia from the Bangor airport a week ago. We will have a month together, the longest time that Marcia has stayed for her annual Maine getaway. The fall colors greeted her all along the ride back to Patten, and we spent a couple of nights at home settling in before making our way to the Mid Coast. I am fortunate to have good friends who have a cottage in Ocean Point, and they offered saltwater respite time for us both.
Last night the winds starting blowing, by early this morning the wind was really on a tear, and around 8:00-8:30 a.m., after one brief power out experience, the winds seemed to die down. We were still in a wind advisory, that is expected to last until 8:00 pm tonight, but it seemed like I could do my planned trip to Millinocket to meet with the Outdoor Sports Institute (OSI) board for a morning session. There were people that I was looking forward to seeing as well as promised great soup and fancy coffee drinks. I decided to make my way to Milly. It was a fun, interesting, mind expanding session and right on schedule I headed for home at noon. The sun was out as I started toward home, with a pit stop at Peddler's Hill, where I bought fresh tuna from the mid-coast supplier that comes to Millinocket. How lucky, meeting new and very interesting people, a really good latte, Polish Cabbage-Sausage soup, and sushi grade tuna. All good with the world. While I was checking in