Day 227 of Week 33 August 2025

Cooler nights are a  reminder autumn is nearing. However, early this week the 90°Fahrenheit ambient temperatures stirred no foliage dreams. 

Leaf peeper season this year (without foliage tour plans) will be see a maple tree, buy a pumpkin at the grocery store and wear a scarf on a frosty morning. Since my summer plans didn’t happen, I’m going light on autumn.


Have a Light & Bright Weekend!


Roast & glaze veggies
Draw a field of sunflowers
Browse nature tee shirts online
Write a 5 year plan
Brew a spicy tea
Read poetry aloud
Talk a walk with friends
Laugh


August Is August

Guess what tomorrow is!? 
My return to regular posting on the 15th is scheduled to appear at midnight.

The week flew by! 
Great news though, a major stress/anxiety surge is over. I napped away the emotional exhaustion when I returned home from the DMV after renewing my driver’s license. 
What a wimp I was taking a week plus to just get there after I realized I had to go in person for a new photograph. Appointments are rough for me to get to despite efforts to make it easier. 

Note to locals: 
There is No Middlebury DMV office. 
It closed years ago. 
The website dmv.gov giving information is wrong.

At a 9 AM arrival, South Burlington DMV: the parking was easy, the wait less than 2 hours, and clerks were pleasant and helpful.

Otherwise, I’ve been nowhere and done much of nothing but putter, water flowers, and write plans for my YouTube channel (to debut at the end of September 2025).

There is a lot of reading to do on YouTube policies and that’s in addition to researching how to set up a vlog channel. 
The scope is wider than I anticipated. Thankfully, my 17 years of blogging and about 25 being online does help, especially understanding the importance of marketing.

How is your summer going? Do you vlog? Use Instagram?  
Earth’s Moon Waning Gibbous
13 August 2025