#163: Mixed reactions, mixed feelings.

As promised, my September Tree

Autumn is definitely in the air. Even though the air is still warm, you can see the box elder leaves beginning to turn yellow, oh-so-slightly as the seeds turn a golden brown. Soon they'll start twirling like little helicopters, take root and grow into more trees, next spring. At least the ones that don't get eaten by the little critters,

The insanity at the park is slowly building. You'd think after Labor Day things would slow down; I'm afraid I have to correct you there--it gets insanely busy as the "leaf peepers" arrive and those who were holding off on their 500 person family reunions suddenly get a wild hair up their asses and insist on coming out. All of them. At the same time. 🙄

My volunteers are now on their way back to San Diego, where they've been spending their winters working at a campground these past few winters. But they've promised they'll be back next summer. This makes the bittersweet pill a little easier to swallow. 

The bad news is that now that they're gone, so are my weekends. Or at least my Sundays. My schedule has shifted so that now I am off Monday through Wednesday. I'm still getting my three day weekend as it were, but now I have to deal with morons ALL weekend. Eh. Since I no longer attend classes at the college I can work during the week though, rather than just the weekend. I'm waiting to see when the last day of the season will be up there. Probably the last weekend of October, since that is what they usually do.

Another sign of autumn: my hot peppers have been ripening apace. I have a string of cayenne peppers drying on the fridge, and jalapenos sliced and drying on a rack. I've never been able to successfully dry jalapenos whole; they get kinda moldy in the middle, so it's either slice them up or pickle them to preserve them. No Habaneros yet; a few flowers are poking out, but I doubt seriously I will get any of those before the frost hits. 

They're calling for an early winter here in badhairland.  Not sure how I feel about that; it's been an uber short summer for me, and it never really did get hot--I'm used to it being 90 degrees in August, and while there were a few days that fit that description, there were far fewer than I am used to here. 

I've also got bunches of herbs drying. Not sure what I'm going to do with them TBH. Maybe I will put them in small containers and take them up to the brewery for folks to take home. 

Speaking of which, the local brewery's "Down the hatch" beer drops this weekend. Someone got the bright idea to use hatch chili peppers in beer. Not the worst idea, although I prefer my peppers in salsa. My roommate made a special request for my pico for this weekend's shindig. So tomorrow after work I will need to grab the stuff from the store. 

The past couple days has been sorting my fall/winter clothing, finding homes for stuff I don't need or use, and just getting ready.  Did my "once in six months" check-in on friends, family, and Others (you know who you are) . Everyone seems to be alive and kicking still. 😊

Changing gears.... AnimEigo has apparently re-released Bubblegum Crisis and Crash on Blu-Ray. Unsure how I feel about that, either. 🤔

On the one hand you have this awesome anime from the 1990s, babes in battlesuits in a Blade Runner-esque setting, rocking music soundtrack and deeper meanings, should you choose to watch it more than once. 

...........On the other hand, you have this company who totally screwed up the dubbing. It's shit. Even the music. I know, I know, you can set the DVDs and Blu-Rays to subtitled. Still, how can you screw up THAT badly? 

People keep re-releasing crap, thanks guys, it isn't like I didn't feel old enough ALREADY. 😄

 
Next stop: Mabon, if you follow that kind of thing. 

Stay tuned!
Aye,
Kraneia