Alzheimer's Awareness Month

Did you know that November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month? Stay tuned this week for more information, including a giveaway.

In the mean time, Tuesday is National Memory Screening Day. Check out this link to find out where you can go for a free memory screening. If you're over 60, or if you've ever wondered, will you go, or take/encourage your parents to go? Please? If not for yourself, for me, in memory of Mom? (One month today.) Please?

If you blog, are on Twitter or Facebook, could you help spread the word about National Memory Screening Day?

Nature/Man-made

I was taking clothes down from the line as the sun set the other day, when I was struck by this view.

Man-made in the foreground mirroring nature in the background.

We have been enjoying a string of gorgeous, abnormally warm fall days here in SE MN. I've been taking the opportunity to rake leaves and clean out the barn. There is still more to do, but I took having numb hands as a hint to take a break.

Angelfish

I was out raking leaves when this school of angelfish swam by.

Why is corn creepy?

Leslie asked why I find corn creepy. I suppose it is because for the first two years Mom was with me,(pre-fence and gate)it was my greatest fear that Mom would wander off and get lost in the corn field. Maybe if you've never experienced it, it is hard to understand how tall it is. Once you get a few feet into a cornfield, you completely disappear. You, the person in the corn, can't see anything but corn all around. Now, imagine you had AD.

The creepy corn I mentioned was also in reference to some previous posts. This search should bring them up.

Deer Friend

I had let the animals out to eat the lawn when this lone little deer showed up on the other side of the fence. I guess it thought it had found some new, oddly colored friends. It hung out there for a good part of the afternoon.

New Additions

My cousin didn't want to overwinter her laying hens this year, so I gladly took some. I was down to two hens, and now am up to 12!

Last night was the first night I could get all of them to go into the coop. Two of them would go in the building, but not into the secure coop area. I told them they were taking their lives in their own hands, and warned them about the raccoons, but they wouldn't listen to me. I got sick of chasing them. They roosted on the rafters, so they made it ok.

They were able to harvest the corn this weekend, so at last I'm safe from the creepy corn.

Quilt

A friend sent this quilt his Mom made for me. I'll let the quilt speak for itself.