November Begins.

11-1-17 SHORT HILLS: After a long fairly dry spell, we have had rain, about four inches in the last week, and more on the way. It’s all welcome. The foundation shrubs took a beating with the work on the house, but the rain has them perking up. The ash and walnut trees are mostly bare, but the other tree species are just starting to drop. By the end of this month, most of the leaves will be down.

We saw a show Saturday night, The Band’s Visit. Tony Shalhoub plays an Egyptian bandleader, Tewfiq, the band is trying to get to a gig at an Israeli town, but ends up in a desert backwater by mistake. Dina, Katrina Lenk, and the townspeople interact with the band. It was sweet if unheard of outside the Barrymore Theatre, and it had some nice music.

Get ready for Standard Time to return on Sunday and darkness at 5 PM.


Color from the burning bushes is quite evident on a cloudy day.

The yard has lots of trees and shrubs and the lawn is just to fill the area in between the trees and shrubs.

About half the leaves are down, almost all of the rest will fall this month.


Walking around Times Square before dinner, we caught a street show. That's a performer jumping over several people from the crowd.