{"id":15504,"date":"2017-10-22T12:09:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T17:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=15504"},"modified":"2017-10-22T12:09:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T17:09:30","slug":"wrapping-up-september-as-the-end-of-october-is-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/wrapping-up-september-as-the-end-of-october-is-in-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"wrapping up september, as the end of october is in sight&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On sept. 18th kevin and i headed over to the fairgrounds to see this convoy of military vehicles.\u00a0 they were trekking all the way to california on route 66, and i&#8217;m hoping kevin will remember some of the details and tell you about it.\u00a0 here&#8217;s a pretty cool motorcycle with a sidecar that kevin really liked.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15505\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s45.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s45.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s45-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the next morning there a bunch of fogg had rolled over the lake, and i got these pictures of\u00a0 birds skimming over the surface.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15506\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s46.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s46.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s46-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15507\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s47.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s47.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s47-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15508\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s48.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s48.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s48-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>later in the afternoon lester hid in the vinca vines.\u00a0 shhhh, you can&#8217;t see him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15509\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s49.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s49.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s49-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>that evening a heron perched on a buoy.\u00a0 last night we had a neighborhood bonfire, and one of the neighbors told me that when they moved here 20 years ago it was pretty rare to see a heron.\u00a0 that&#8217;s funny; since my grandmother lived here, i&#8217;ve been coming out here most of my life, and it felt like the herons had always been around.\u00a0 but i guess not.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15510\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s50.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s50.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s50-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>amy, jim, mom, randy and i went to a W.I.L.D. fundraiser which my friend Jill hosted, and amy and jim brought two of their darling doggies.\u00a0 it was an incredibly hot day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15511\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s51.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s51-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15512\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s52.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s52.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s52-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>september 25th, taking the boat out of the water for the winter.\u00a0 i kind of feel this is the latest we&#8217;ve taken it out, but then again i didn&#8217;t remember that the herons haven&#8217;t always been around in great abundance, so you never know.\u00a0 the water was ridiculously low and the grass was brown.\u00a0 since then it&#8217;s rained so much that new grass is growing, i have lilies coming up, it looks kind of spring-like.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15513\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s53.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s53-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this is our property, although you can&#8217;t see the houses.\u00a0 our dock is over there on the left.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15514\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s54.jpg 800w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s54-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s54-768x357.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i think his is the first time it occurred to me to sit in the back of the boat.\u00a0 all the many other times i always sat in the captain&#8217;s seat, as though somehow i needed to steer.\u00a0 it takes me a very long time to think differently.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15515\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s55.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/s55-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and there it is, the end of september.\u00a0 i&#8217;m pretty sure there weren&#8217;t as many photo ops in october so there&#8217;s a chance i&#8217;ll be done with them before the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>but on the other hand i haven&#8217;t been able to give massages for the past two weeks and yet i haven&#8217;t managed to find very much free time.<\/p>\n<p>right now there&#8217;s a threat of snow in the forecast for saturday.\u00a0 good god.\u00a0 it&#8217;s still about 70 today, but the temperature is supposed to start dropping.\u00a0 i have to somehow dig up all my gerber daisies in the front and put them in pots for over-wintering, as well as getting plants from the deck into pots, but i don&#8217;t know how that&#8217;s gonna work with only having the use of one hand.\u00a0 hmm, somehow i&#8217;ll have to get kevin to help me.<\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s always something.<\/p>\n<p>ok then,<\/p>\n<p>mrs. i hope there really isn&#8217;t any snow coming soon hughes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On sept. 18th kevin and i headed over to the 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