Day 363 of 365 - The Count Down is On - Sliding Into Fall

It's one of those cold, drizzly days here, which is a typical type of fall day.  Often we get warm spells until after our Thanksgiving, but maybe that's not going to happen this year.  It usually takes weather like this for me to start a gradual shift into more earthy tones of color accents around the apartment, as well as a more serious look at meal plan changes.  Oh, and I still haven't done the seasonal closet clothing juggle either, so that's still on the mental to do list as well.

Just over a year ago, one of my early posts was about food for Thanksgiving.  That's less than two weeks away, and I'm seriously considering not even cooking a whole turkey this year.  There won't be a big family gathering and I'm leaning towards keeping it simple and relaxing, as much as I like the idea of having a big batch of bone broth and turkey soup.  I'll have to decide tomorrow, because my turkey order would need to be made this weekend.

Conversations with others today seemed to be on a theme of various kinds of transitions.  A couple of friends were talking about home maintenance and repairs that they want to complete before winter.  This again made me grateful that I no longer need to deal with that kind of thing.  As a natural extension of that conversation we drifted a little into future planning of living situations as we age.

Later at my chiropractor's office, I chatted in the waiting room with a woman who is dying of cancer.  She was excited because our chiropractor was loaning her a portable massage table to take home, so that someone could do palliative massage with her.  It was a sweet conversation.

When we got home and pulled into our parking spot we met up with another friend who needed a hand to carry an electronic piano keyboard onto the elevator.  She had taken it out for a check up prior to passing it on to someone else.  She will be transitioning to another style of piano soon.

I know that changes are happening all the time, at any time of the year, but the instances of some days just seem to be clearer reminders of them. 

In the mail today I also received a letter to tell me how much I will receive each month from the Old Age Security pension, starting in October.  I know that information is valid.  However, another piece of mail I received had false news.  It was another notice of a supposedly huge winning from Reader's Digest.  It came in a plain envelope with no return address.  The letter was poorly written and an obvious scam.  I received a similar one several months ago.

Since there are no dramatic transitions coming up for me, other than finishing this blog challenge, I feel like I'm just going to slither gently into fall, finding a new rhythm to days when I am home and shifting back into the tasks I have let slide for so long.


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