Twilight

This was the amazing view from my front porch a few nights ago! Just wanted to share it. The strip along the right side is a post with our Christmas lights still wound around it.

Trash Day

It's easy to forget the part one plays in the daily routines of life...until someone's gone. Like I completely forgot that yesterday was "trash day," because my husband always takes care of it. He goes out the night before pick-up and wrangles the toter through the maze of flower beds, down our narrow, 100-foot-long driveway-being ever so careful not to scratch, dent or otherwise deface the stream of cars parked there waiting for another blizzard of activity in the morning.
When he and the toter make it to the front curb, two weeks of recyclables must take their rightful place alongside. Even a family of three can produce a lot of recyclable refuse in two weeks. Needless to say, the crates are always overflowing with things that can roll-like tunafish cans and water bottles that careen down the street needing to be retrieved and contained once again so they can be destroyed and remanufactured. Sometimes I wonder if I'm actually buying the same can or bottle. Ever wonder about that?
Anyway, with my husband out of country on business there are some things that just aren't getting done because I either forgot, or didn't want to go running down the street chasing speeding bottles and cans.