Tag Archives: scarecrows

This Blog Needs a New Plot

Posted on November 4, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

Well, this is embarrassing. It seems I have had almost an entire Blogger’s Sick Week. In my defense, I have been ill with some unnamed, unhappy malady (oh, come on, autocorrect! “ill” is a word; you don’t have to change it to “I’ll”!). However, my purpose today is not to get bogged down in my tiresome ailments but to get back to blogging with a Late Lame Post Friday post.

That was as far as I got on my Tablet, curled up comfortably at the end of my couch, pecking in one letter at a time with the stylus. Now I am ten-finger typing on my dining-room-table-top and kind of missing the predictive text thingy. Oh well, one can’t have everything after all. I do have coffee and that will have to suffice me.

Aren’t they cute?

I thought I would throw in a picture to pep things up. These are some of our fall decorations from November 2017, ones that can count for Thanksgiving as well as Halloween. The two larger scarecrows are sweethearts, and the little one is the younger brother of the boy scarecrow. The big boy scarecrow wishes his little brother would go away so the sweethearts can be alone, but the girl scarecrow thinks the little guy is adorable. See, I make up plots for everything. I have probably shared that one before and ought to make up another one for these three. Incidentally, they are not out this year, and I have no idea where they are. That is the kind of year I am having.

Looking behind to look ahead.

You can accuse me of rushing the season all you like; I will admit the fault. This is a shot of my late, sadly missed husband, Steve’s nutcracker collection in December 2019. The collection has grown since then. The reason I wanted to share a picture of the nutcrackers is that they are still on the buffet and I can look straight at them while I type. I have thought about packing them away any time since last January, but now it seems more appropriate to let them stay and perhaps be my only Christmas decoration this year. Um, except for a couple of thing we keep out year round. Full disclosure: I do not remember if I put those nutcrackers out in 2022 or an earlier year. I daresay regular readers will not be surprised.

A toast is always seasonal!

I looked around for a good picture to end with, and this nice shot of Steven caught my eye. It is one of our many happy times hanging out on the front porch. In the background, you can see another scarecrow peeking around the post. I suppose she is spying on the neighbors, but I do not judge her for that. I love hanging out on the porch, but it might get boring for a scarecrow to be there 24/7. Full disclosure: she is there 24/7/365. She is out there now. I may make up a new plot for her later.

It is good to be blogging again.

Harvest Decorations on Thanksgiving Eve

Posted on November 22, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

So I need to make my blog post on Thanksgiving Eve and here I sit, with not much to say. Then again, since I have the rest of the week off, it is like my Friday, so I will feel free to post lame, as it were. Maybe I can pep things up with a few pictures, monster or otherwise.

Aren’t they cute?

Here are a few decorations for a pre-Thanksgiving post. Full disclosure: Steven and I did not decorate our house for the holiday. After we missed decorating for Halloween, it was all downhill. Will we improve matters for Christmas? Perhaps. Only time will tell. Time certainly is a blabbermouth. My witty sister, Diane, once pointed out, “Time is relative. Not our relative.”

But I digress.

These are decorations with a backstory.

Here are some of my favorite harvest decorations. I think we got the bigger scarecrows at the Aubuchon that used to be in Herkimer and possibly Michael’s. The little one Steven won in a claw machine. The bigger two are sweethearts, and the little one is the boy scarecrow’s little brother. The girl scarecrow thinks the little brother is cute, so she is happy to see him. Her boyfriend is less thrilled, because he wants to kiss. Don’t you make up stories about your decorations?

Another big smile is always nice.

I just got this fellow last year. I impulse purchased him at Hannaford when I was buying produce. I think next year I am going to up my scarecrow game and make a few myself. For one reason, I have a lot of clothes that are wearing out. It will be a way to reduce, reuse, recycle.

In the meantime, this is my Lame Kinda Like Friday Post. I hope you are all having a lovely Thanksgiving Eve. Try not to burn your fingers baking pies.

Not a Story But Maybe a Blog Post

Posted on November 25, 2017 by mohawkvalleygirl

On the post I made earlier today (which, I KNOW should have been published yesterday; I already apologized for that, stop giving me a hard time already!) (you know who you are), I forgot a few of our dear little scarecrows. I append a picture of them now, and will share their story, which I made up out of my head.

Steve won the middle guy out of a claw machine. I don’t remember where we got the other two.

The two bigger scarecrows are boyfriend and girlfriend. The little one is the younger brother of the boy scarecrow. The girl scarecrow thinks the little brother is adorable and is always happy to see him. Her boyfriend is less pleased, because he wants to be alone so he can kiss her.

I guess that is not a very long story. In fact, it is not a story at all but merely the situation. I suppose I could come up with a story about how the boyfriend sends his little brother away, and the little brother runs into trouble, and they all have a big adventure getting him out of it. I’m afraid I’m not much of one for short fiction, though. Don’t care to read it, not good at writing it. To each his own, as the old lady said when she kissed the cow.

I guess that makes this not much of a blog post. On the other hand, this is Lame Post Friday of a holiday weekend. I’m going to call it good enough and see what kind of trouble I can get into. I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving.

2 Comments

Posted in humor, Lame Post Friday, personal and tagged blog post, decorations, scarecrows, short fiction, story, writing. Bookmark the permalink.

Rocking the Tired Tuesday Run

Posted on November 12, 2014 by mohawkvalleygirl

Note to self: When you run on a Tuesday, so you can write about the run and not have another Tired Tuesday post, write the blog post as soon as you are done running. If you wait you may become too tired.

Well, never mind how tired I think I am. I ran and I am going to write a blog post about it. I ran Saturday but not Sunday. I had thought to run Monday but took my dog, Tabby, for a long walk instead. I know I won’t run Wednesday, because we are doing laundry (may write a blog post about that). So I thought walk Monday, run Tuesday (for anyone concerned about my getting enough exercise, Steven, Tabby and I all took a nice walk on Sunday) (for anyone concerned Tabby misses her walk when I run, she always walks my cool-down with me. A shorter walk, perhaps, but she seems OK with it).

Be all that as it may, today was an unseasonably warm day: in the 60s. I reminded myself all day that I intended to run, just to get in the proper mindset. I changed into running clothes right away when I got home. Bicycle shorts and a t-shirt. Woo hoo! That is my favorite running outfit. I took off.

I ran up to German Street and turned right, so the sun was behind me. My shadow in front of me looked tall and slender. Look at those long legs! In reality, my legs are short, even for someone of my meager height. They are fairly shapely for all that, if I do say so (and why not say so? I have low enough self esteem; let me give myself a compliment once in a while). As I continue into middle-age, my legs are perhaps a trifle less shapely than when I was in my 20s, but running will no doubt help. You go, girl, I told myself.

Only I wasn’t going very fast. My best runs are certainly not the ones I take after working a full day. At least it wasn’t a 10 hour day, although I used to run after those, too. Back in the days when I was getting the sweet overtime (NOT complaining; I’m happy to still have a job. Also, it’s easier to work for eight hours than for ten) (just saying).

So I shuffled along, trying not to feel too self-conscious. I mean, I really felt that I must look pathetic. Then again, somebody pathetic who just keeps going is to be admired. And there is every chance she will look less pathetic as time goes on.

I cheered myself up by looking at people’s fall decorations. Lots of scarecrows, mostly with friendly smiles. One had a pumpkin head and an especially toothy grin. I do love fall. There are still colored leaves on some trees. I saw one large yellow tree that was still full. Later I saw three smaller bright yellow trees with two completely bare trees in front of them. I like the look of bare trees too. I am quite the tree lover.

As I kept running (I realize that is a generous term for what I was doing), it did not get any easier, but it did not get substantially harder either. I ran for 25 minutes, matching my previous few runs. As Tabby walked my cool-down with me, I felt happy that I had run. For a middle-aged shuffle on a Tired Tuesday, it was not too bad of a run. I did not feel at the time that I was rocking it, but I realize in retrospect that I was.

Mohawk Valley Girl