Stella here.

Halloween's comin'... how's THIS f'r scary?!

It's th' leaf blight that's got hold o' th' maple trees down t' Brunswick where Pat G. lives. She sent us this picture an' said these black spots're all over th' trees in her neighborhood.

I guess, from what she told us, it ain't life-threatenin' t' th' trees, but it sure looks awful.

Harvey made up one gosh-awful story 'bout th' Black Finger Man who goes around grabbin' at souls that're flyin' around. He says th' black spots're what's left behind when th' Black Finger Man grabs at a soul an' misses, leavin' only his fingerprints on th' leaves o' trees th' soul flew up inta to es-cape.

I tell ya, it about kep' me up nights, even though I knew 'twas only made-up.

Next time I'll send ya some cemetery pictures!

Love,

Stella

Fall scenery

Stella here.

Here's some more pictures t' add t' the ones Harvey sent t'other day. Some mighty pretty sights.

Moose Cove may be so small y' can't find it on most maps but we got SOME scenery!

Me 'n Harvey's been drivin' around appreciatin' th' leaves an' all.

It rained like blazes Sat'day night but t'day (Sunday)'s been spec-tacular! I was likda afraid th' leaves'd be all gone by now, but if y' know where t' look it's just like drivin' through th' October picture on th' calendar th' hardware store gives out.

Hope ya enjoy these. I'll send some more t'morra.

Love,

Stella

Some Fall pictures from Harvey

This here's Harvey.

Stell's tuckered out. Thought I'd send a couple pictures.

Fall around Moose Cove.

H.

Punkins!

Stella here.

Oh my, it feels SO good t' be done with runnin' around waitin' on folks!

Th' Bait Barrel's just gonna have t' get along without me.

Here's some pictures I took t'other day when me an' Harvey went f'r a drive t' see the sights an' ended up at one o' th' punkin stands up country a ways.

We bought one that looked like President Eisenhower an' it's settin' out on th' front step even as we speak. I chuckle ev'ry time I go by it!

I do love gettin' ready f'r Halloween! Th' grandkids always come by an' show off their costumes a couple o' days before. They're gettin' a mite old f'r goin' out trick-or-treatin' but we load 'em up with homemade donuts an' candy apples so I guess they'll be showin' up again this year, just like always.

Last year, Harvey took out his teeth an' met 'em at th' door with his face all lathered up with shavin' cream an' they about had fits! I never know what that man'll do next!

It reminds me o' th' time he an' a couple o' his buddies greased themselves up with glue or grease or somethin' an' stuck horsehair they'd scraped from a old sofa all over their faces and scared th' bejezus outta th' ladies at th' Tupperware party I was havin'. Now THAT was somethin'!!

(We're STILL using some o' that Tupperware, even though 'twas near forty years ago. That stuff just won't quit!)

I'm bakin' t'day. Got a batch o' bread in th' oven an' th' house smells SOME good, let me tell ya.

I'll send out some more Fall pictures in a day or so.

Love,

Stella

Bait Barrell job and a Tupperware story

Stella here.
Again, a long wait since th' last postin'. Sorry. I been waitressin' over to th' Bait Barrell, servin' up lobster rolls an' chawdah t' th Leaf Peepers, an' I been too beat t' do anything but eat some supper an' go t' bed.
But th' leaves are past peak here in Moose Cove. In fact, they're about gone by. So I'm about done workin'. An' about time. Harvey says he's wore out listnin' t' me gripe about m' feet.
That break I took after th' Summer crowd left gave me just enough time to lose th' shape I'd got back inta. When I started back I'd lost all my stamina an' my feet hurt like blazes again!

But I'm done this weekend. Whew! I think maybe this is my last time helpin' out at th "Barrell". Made some pretty good tips, though. Either I did OK, or folks was takin' pity on a ol' lady trottin' around with a tray (even if it was a small one)!
Soon's I find th' cable to th' camera I'll put up a couple o' pictures for ya.

Pat G's plannin' t' tell a Halloween story about me an' Harvey an' th' time I got t' sellin' Tupperware. I guess it's kinda amusin'... Harvey thinks it is, anyway. She'll be at that coffee house they do at th' UU Church down t' Brunswick this Friday (th' 16th) from 7 to 10.
Stop on over if y' get a chance. They're also havin' some folks singin' pirate songs... call themselves Roll & Go... in th' second part after th' open mic.

That's all f'r now. I'm all in.
Talk to ya later.
Love,
Stella

Back again! Catchin' up.

Stella here. Finally.
Been shut down th' last couple o' weeks cuz th' blankety blank laptop took a notion t' go t' sleep an' not do nothin'!
Harvey said maybe it'd decided t' hibernate f'r th' Wintah.

But we got it straightened out now. I still dunno what th' trouble was but our daughter Jeannie hauled it off to somebody she knows that works on 'em an' it came back good as new.
I hope.

Anyways, here I am. Some glad t' be back. I hadda laugh at how much I missed sendin' out these here posts.

Me an' Molly Eldredge is goin' out in a bit t' drive around an' look at th' trees. They's just about perfect up this way. I'll take a couple o' pictures an' put 'em in th' next postin'.
Moose Cove's had a couple o' frosts an' it's been real good sleepin' weather at night... you know, th' kind where y' almost consider closin' th' winda all th' way. But I just hauled out another blanket an' mashed up nexta Harvey an' kep' th' winda open a crack th' way we like.
Harvey said he kinda misses th' days when I was goin' through th' change o' life. He said I was as good as a hot water bottle back then.
('Course he didn't think so them hot Summer nights! But I expect he's forgotten that part.)

Me an' Molly's been some busy! Couple days ago we went off t' Waterville t' go to an education day f'r hospice volunteers. Molly's signed up t' be one an' she's tryin' t' talk me inta joinin' up, too.
Anyways, at th' end o' th' day we got t' see "Ida Who Runs With Th' Moose", also known as Susan Poulin. Wasn't that woman a hoot an' a half! Molly said 'twas a good thing she was wearin' her Depends cuz she was laughin' s' hard!
Th' thing that surprised me was that in th' beginnin' o' th' day Susan P. was also th' keynote speaker an' talked about losin' her mom t' cancer. She read outta a diary she wrote about th' whole fam'ly an' what it was like goin' through th' time her mom was sick.
I was mighty impressed! Who'd o' though a person c'd be so movin' AND so funny?
I'll tell y'some more about that later, but Molly's comin' over in a couple o' minutes an' I gotta get ready t' go.

Harvey's fine. He's got used t' usin' his readin' glasses, fin'lly. He's out seein' t' th' cord o' wood that got dropped off t'other day... stackin' it up so's it's easy t' get to.
We got one fine day t'day so we're takin' ad-vantage of it!
I'll talk to y' tomorra.
Love,
Stella