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Post by marysgurl on Sept 21, 2005 8:08:31 GMT -5
First Day Of Fall Is Today First day of fall is Today As I watch the flowers go away The leaves fall to the ground As they turn red,yellow and brown I like fall The best season of all Fall is so cool just need a sweather But soon it'll be much colder weather Soon winter will be Snowflakes then we'll see As the leaves will fall to the ground Soon they will be gone just snow falling down By sevenpepsi
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Post by marysgurl on Sept 21, 2005 8:10:18 GMT -5
September 23 - Autumnal Equinox. Fall begins at 7:31 A.M., EDT. The autumnal equinox is defined as the point at which the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator from north to south. The celestial equator is the circle in the celestial sphere halfway between the celestial poles. It can be thought of as the plane of Earth's equator projected out onto the sphere. Another definition of fall is nights of below-freezing temperatures combined with days of temperatures below 70 degrees F. The word equinox means "equal night"; night and day are the same length of time. The spring equinox is in late March. In addition to the equal hours of daylight and darkness, the equinoxes are times when the Sun's apparent motion undergoes the most rapid change. Around the time of the equinoxes, variations in the position on the horizon where the Sun rises and sets can be noticed from one day to the next by alert observers.
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Post by marysgurl on Sept 21, 2005 8:23:22 GMT -5
absolutely my favorite time of the year....the time between turning off the air & on the heat...all the windows open with that crisp, cool breeze slightly lifting the curtains....needing a sweatshirt during the day & lots of snuggling at night....I'm stoked!!
anyone care to share any autumn-like stories or favorites....activities, sports??
oh, & don't forget, fall means my very favorite celebration is right around the corner.....Halloween!....so start working on those spooky anecdotes & ghost stories!!
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Post by grrlpower on Sept 23, 2005 1:02:19 GMT -5
Fall already oh man that is so not what the weather feels like here. The only thing falling to the ground here are drops of sweat from my forehead...Whew...and me with no A/C in my car. No worries though I do have 4 windows and an accelerater
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Post by quettalee on Sept 23, 2005 14:09:23 GMT -5
the same type of air i have in my car gp!! for no traffic jams!!
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Post by grrlpower on Sept 23, 2005 14:15:01 GMT -5
True true...Luckily I have a chauffer with a/c for the leisurely days, though I must say they seem to be very few and far between these days
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Post by gams on Sept 24, 2005 6:26:10 GMT -5
ILB and MG: A question for you. You both know how rambly I can get in some of my posts, and since fall is my absolute favorite time of year, I'm sure there'll be quite a lot of rambling on the subject by me. Problem is that there is a similar thread on the other board.
I know the members here are for the most part present on the other board also, so any double posting may be redundant, (although, I'm sure few actually get through anything I write). But you two: do you still read there? If not, mind if I double-post: write one thing and paste and copy from one to the other?
Love to fill you in on my thoughts, (rolling eyes, I'm sure, from you), but these rambles get long, and I've neither the time nor the imagination to make much variance between here and there. Just wondering.
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Post by marysgurl on Sept 24, 2005 8:48:41 GMT -5
gams, that is so sweet....you are so thoughtful....i have to be honest; i find myself lurking over there less & less, mainly stopping in just to see if you have been practicing your "wordiness", because frankly i miss it... mary doesn't go at all....no bad feelings, we just love our new place & it takes a lot of time on both our parts just "maintaining"..... i would love for you to double-post...that way, we are sure to not miss a single word of your fall fever!
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Post by gams on Sept 26, 2005 7:41:01 GMT -5
So you're giving me full reign to get wordy here? LMAO. Oh, you are so going to regret this, I'm thinking.
Makes me sad to hear you're lurking less and less. Still reserve the right to pop in occasionally and make a quick post, I hope. Say hello in Clown Loyal. On special occasions...like Christmas, New Years, Veteran's day, Yom Kipper, National Zucchini day....
Ah well; glad we can keep up with your goings-on here.
And the first of my double rambles....
Friday, at work, I was sent to do one of my favorite tasks of autumn: drive to see the pumpkin guy, and fill the truck with those beautiful orbs of orange for us to sell at the nursery. It's a job I've had since the first year I worked there when I told my boss we needed pumpkins. 'Why', she asked. 'Because I like them', I told her, 'everyone loves pumpkins'. It's been solely my job since and no one else's; I covet it.
There is something about pumpkins that is just so enticing to me; the feel of smooth, cool skin; running my fingers down the vertical ridges; their smell, their color - bright and sunny. Even the weight of them in my arms feels good.
I never pick small ones; those you can get anywhere. The bigger, the better. We have to weigh them when I get back to the nursery to know what to pay the pumpkin guy, and I love watching the numbers on the scale fly by until the arrow finally rests on a number that is much larger than I imagined; the weight of these things are deceiving. I usually get an array of 20 to 30 pounders; those I carry two at a time, arms around them, one resting on each hip bone - the reason God gave women hips: to carry pumpkins. Then the big forty and up pounders; those I like best. I hug them close to my body, arms barely reaching around and leaning back with the weight against my stomach stagger back to the truck. A good ab workout for sure. The pumpkin guy always asks if I want help. 'No', I say, 'you're busy. I'll manage', secretly wishing he'd go away and leave me to my obsession.
Not only does size matter, (eye roll); shape is important too, (another eye roll). I like the fat, squatty ones best. Or the tall, narrow ones. Perfectly round. Hell, it doesn't matter; I like them all. They must sit right though; no tilting or listing. No mars, scars, or bruises. Big, fat, thick stems; twisted and curled is always interesting. I inspect the chosen specimen from every angle before hauling it to the truck and then set it on the tail gate and inspect its posture again before it makes it into the bed. Our nursery is known throughout the state and in the Chicago area as being one of the best; a wide selection of high-quality plants and why should our pumpkins be any different?
All this work for no profit; we sell them at cost. They are just nice to have around, and back at the nursery, I display them - not in neat rows of soldier pumpkins standing in formation - but tucked in our fall displays among the mums, asters, goldenrod, sedum, sweetspire, viburnums and such. So autumnal, and who could resist.
A woman this weekend commented that she'd never seen such gorgeous pumpkins. Smile. It's nice when all your hard labor is appreciated. LMAO.
I usually end up making two or three more trips back to the pumpkin guy before Halloween. Same laborous process each time.
And then...in November, right before Thanksgiving, (cause my boss - the one I had to convince we needed to have pumpkins - likes to have them hang around just for fall decoration), I load up the stragglers, drive the Gator out to one of the fields, and standing on the trailer, lob them as far as I can heave them into the field and watch them explode on impact. Usually good and soft by then; pumpkin guts splattering everywhere.
A muttered brief eulogy to those gorgeous orbs of orange.
Is there a fetish thread around here? Thinking this might fit in there perfectly.
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Post by marysgurl on Sept 26, 2005 8:37:47 GMT -5
by the gods, you sound just like me! i do the whole sit-it-on-the-tailgate-scrutinize-it-from-every-possible-angle thing also.....not only with the pumpkins, (sorry, gams, but i'm gonna need you to pick me up a variety of sizes, if you please---adds the right balance to the set-up) but the cornstalks & ghourds & door hangings as well....what fun!! oh, & then a quick stop at the co-op for three bales of straw & vwala!...home to set up my pre-Halloween foundation in the front yard!! might as well go ahead with the purple & orange flashing lights around the doorway & porch....*scurries off to garage....* I Love Fall!!
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Post by marysgurl on Sept 28, 2005 8:55:06 GMT -5
"Boogie Bones" is my favorite!! ..... then "Whack A Ghoul"
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Post by quettalee on Sept 28, 2005 18:46:08 GMT -5
those games r soooo cute my baby!! good find!!
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Post by katmandu on Sept 28, 2005 19:49:38 GMT -5
Boy you guys are REALLY into Halloween ain't ya. As well as a couple of you [ who shall remain nameless ] having a bit of a thing for pumpkins as well.
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Post by marysgurl on Sept 28, 2005 20:06:36 GMT -5
it's a lot of fun for me---i usually even dress up to pass out candy....play the "chiller-thriller" cd, hang out on the front porch with the strobe light & candles & torches lit in the yard....it's a big time, i mean to tell you!
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Post by katmandu on Sept 28, 2005 20:13:47 GMT -5
it's a lot of fun for me---i usually even dress up to pass out candy....play the "chiller-thriller" cd, hang out on the front porch with the strobe light & candles & torches lit in the yard....it's a big time, i mean to tell you! Sounds like a lot of fun, I'm more familiar with Michael Myers when it comes to Halloween, not so much fun I guess.
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Post by Joxcee on Sept 28, 2005 22:23:12 GMT -5
You would love my scream then... no one can believe such a powerful scream can come from such a small person... I've been used in haunted houses on occasion. One haunted house let me in repeatedly throughout the evening for free because of my scream... they would keep grabbing me and run off with me screaming bloody murder... lots of fun.
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Post by gams on Sept 29, 2005 5:17:10 GMT -5
Me too, MG! Except for the 'chiller-thriller' cd. My choice for scary music runs along the lines of Megadeth, White Zombie, Alice in Chains and Godsmack. I dance in the stobes and laugh a wicked manicial laughter to those who dare make it up the walkway. Tons of scary, (never cutsie), decorations: full size skeletons, a headless dress makers form, (she holds her head in her skeletized hand), dressed all in red. A graveyard, complete with headstones, fog, bones, and fleshy body parts coming out of the ground. A big smoking cauldron, bats on wires...etc, etc....oh, and the pumpkins of course, carved the night before into beautiful orbs of ghoulish orange. You should see the flying witch I just bought, (I ordered them to sell at work, just so I could buy one). She is beautiful; dressed in a burgandy taffetta type thing with a sheer black cape, riding a broom, she'll hang from wire, suspended, I think, from the front porch to the big maple out front.
All this is put out the day of Halloween, so that it is a surprise for the trick-or-treaters. I always take the day off work just to get ready. Hubs doesn't share my enthusiam for the holiday, but has gotten used to it, and helps with the heavy-stuff. Last year, he built a arbor-type entrance to the front walk out of twisted, gnarled tree limbs and hung tattered strips of cloth from the top so the kids would have to walk through to get to the front porch. We usually have 200 plus kids come; our house has become a kind of local attraction on Halloween. I've been videotaped many times by passers-by. Sometimes though, I'll have to walk down the walk to the sidewalk to those who are too afraid to come up to the porch.
The one night a year when the term, "the crazy lady down the street" fits. Ok - so maybe not the only night, but I have sooooooooo much fun.
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Post by katmandu on Sept 29, 2005 7:16:07 GMT -5
You would love my scream then... no one can believe such a powerful scream can come from such a small person... I've been used in haunted houses on occasion. One haunted house let me in repeatedly throughout the evening for free because of my scream... they would keep grabbing me and run off with me screaming bloody murder... lots of fun.
They have professional mourners in some places, Japan I think, maybe you could hire yourself out as a professional screamer Jox.
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Post by Joxcee on Sept 29, 2005 17:20:46 GMT -5
Great idea... now to work on my resume...
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Post by Joxcee on Sept 30, 2005 0:03:19 GMT -5
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