The last quarter of the year tends to be my favorite time of year and all of a sudden, we’re almost there!
We had a pleasant last weekend of September, with summer-like weather in Madison.
The temperature was perfect for watching Widowers’ Houses at APT on Friday night. I wore a light jacket, but it was never as chilly as I suspected it might be. Next year the new theater, The Touchstone, will open and I wonder how this will change the experience of watching performances there. Will there be no more need for sleeping bags and hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps on chilly Fall evenings? Will this allow performances to run later into the year or all year around? I guess we will see.
On Saturday morning, we slept in and skipped the Farmers’ Market, but made up for it by picking up a couple of pumpkins when we went shopping later. Athena and Margaret dropped by and delivered a sofa to our house. The cats are very pleased with this new acquisition.
Michael and I considered going out to a friend’s on Saturday night, but we ended up staying in, cooking dinner, watching the presidential debate we had recorded while we were out on Friday night, and playing a computer game we hadn’t touched in a while– Barrow Hill, a game about creepy Celtic rocks in Cornwall. Michael turned out every light in the house, so it was extra scary, a good Halloween game.
On Sunday, we went apple picking with Josh and Betsy and brought home another huge bag of apples. Then the rest of our Sunday crowd arrived for our Sunday game.
We’ve had a fun start to the work week, too– visiting the Dotzours on Monday evening. Althea made pumpkin pie. That’s a goooood idea.
Tonight we’re having movie night at our place and watching The Mummy, which I am really excited about. I think Terry and Tom are the only guests expected for movie night this week. I’m hoping to see a bunch of scary/creepy movies over the next month.
The weather is cooling off as the week goes on. I am not sure we will have more weekends with summery weather this year.