Been a hard week – at work, at home and more car issues. I’m actually so exhausted I really just want to sleep and can’t. But we’ll rally for sure in time for Thanksgiving and putting my metallic blue 4′ Christmas tree ($17 at Big Lots!) out on the back patio. Ought to look nice there. Found this nice November poem:

“How silently they tumble down
And come to rest upon the ground
To lay a carpet, rich and rare,
Beneath the trees without a care,
Content to sleep, their work well done,
Colors gleaming in the sun.

At other times, they wildly fly
Until they nearly reach the sky.
Twisting, turning through the air
Till all the trees stand stark and bare.
Exhausted, drop to earth below
To wait, like children, for the snow.”
– Elsie N. Brady, Leaves

Hat tip: egreenway.com

I feel exhausted like the leaves but fortunately there is no snow here to look forward to.