10-26-21 SHORT HILLS: Well, the time slips by. The basement windows are gone, all bricked up and the window wells filled in, all just in time for the storm that started last night. We have, so far, four inches of rain without much wind. It began last night with L & T that disappeared after an hour or so. It’s a Nor’easter for sure and possibly a ‘bomb cyclone’, but the lack of wind, I suppose, makes that unlikely.
The basement is bone dry. The sump pump is pumping away. Other recent basement activity—we needed a new hot water heater and new chimney pipe for it. The old pipe had been eaten away.
I’ve done a few outside chores, putting stuff away for the winter, a bit of trimming. It has stayed warm with the coldest temps only in the mid-forties.
While doing dog walks in town, we saw ducks on South Pond and a few pics revealed them to be Wood Ducks. They have been there for a couple weeks, presumably a rest stop on their commute south. North Pond has Mallards. Maple color is good here.
Twice this week I saw clusters of birds in the area. Some birds form big flocks for migration. There still is minimal activity at our feeders.
We were in NYC a few times. First for dinner with Elaine, Richard and Ronnie, and the next day we had a few minutes and a coffee with Lily before brunch with Roger, Helene and Paul. At one place we were carded—vaccine cards needed to be shown.
Judy has started doing pet therapy visits again and has been at Covenant House in Newark twice. She and Maizie were also part of a promotional video shoot for CCPT, one of her therapy organizations.
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