It Must Have Been the Full Moon, and other stuff.

It must have been the full moon that made the raccoons go crazy last night. This is how the lawn looked this morning. 

So I have given up on trying to patch it back together each day. We have not been watering the lawn for several weeks now, and the rolled up sod is dying, so today I just starting gathering it all up and putting it in the compost bin. We'll have a big replanting job to do when the rainy season finally returns, but there is no sign of that happening yet. And of course replanting won't happen as long as the raccoons come to play each night. 

We saw that big harvest moon in the sky as we were returning from dinner out,  celebrating the twins, Tom and Jan's 76th birthdays.

We all had yummy sea food and Tom especially enjoyed his oyster shooters. None of the rest of us do raw oysters. But we did have fancy drinks. 

This week has passed very quickly, I guess because we have been busy. Each day Tom and I go for our exercise walk, 3.35 miles. I am back to doing my physical therapy inspired floor exercises, trying to keep the creeping arthritis in my hip and knee at bay. 

We have spent a lot of time and energy in the yard this week, beginning the fall clean up. for me that involves lots of crawling around on hands and knees, trying to limit the amount of bending over, which is hard on my back. I am stiff and sore this evening. 

We also have plenty of youth sports activities to attend. Isaac and Irene are both playing soccer on the weekends. Last weekend Isaac had a game on both Saturday and Sunday that had us traveling north and south.

Isaac is playing keeper for half of the game and right midfield the other half. 

Jill is the assistant coach. 

And Irene is participating in middle school track. Today was her first meet. It was a beautiful day, close to 70 degrees. Irene did the long jump, the 100 meter dash, and the 4x100 relay. 

Getting set for the 100 meter dash. 

 Irene looked good, closed the gap on the lead runner, and almost caught her at the line. 

 And then she congratulated everyone. 

 She managed to get long jumps in between her running events. Here is her team getting ready for the 4x100 relay. 

 Her team asked her to be the anchor, but there was no making up the gap. She finished strong anyway. 

Track and soccer are two of my favorite sports to watch, and of course I'm watching some of my favorite people too. 

And that's what we have been up to.