Unsummering
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (110499)
United States
November 2, 2025 6:33am CST
Okay, that's not a word. I am fully aware of that. But it's pretty much what we will be doing today if all goes well and the weather holds out.
It's drizzling a bit at the moment, so we will see. But it's supposed to be a rather good day, so we plan to get outside a little later on and start putting away the "summer stuff" in and about the yard.
It is a task that always comes with a bit of disappointment for me. I am a fan of summer, but not much the other seasons, except maybe spring. The other seasons are a bit depressing to me.
Eventually I plan for us to become snowbirds and trek out to Florida after Thanksgiving and stay there until about April or May.
It's a plan that's a bit far off yet, but in the works. We'd still have to do some "unsummering" though.
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@DaddyEvil (160726)
• United States
13h
It is below freezing here this morning and we've had frost several days this week. I've already put away yard stuff into the garage except for the old storm windows the construction crew leaned up against the outside wall of the garage. If I had felt better, I would have taken those to an aluminum recycling place here in town along with all the trash bags full of crushed aluminum cans we've got stored in the garage.
On some warmish day coming up, we need to go out and cut down the walnut trees that sprouted this summer... I definitely don't want anymore of those growing on our property. They make too much of a mess...
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@DaddyEvil (160726)
• United States
6h
@porwest I'll have to ask my brother if he can come over with his truck to take all our cans in. I'd hate to make several trips with our car to get the cans and the old storm windows there.
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@porwest (110499)
• United States
4h
@DaddyEvil Yeah, without the truck, I couldn't even imagine how we'd do it. We crush ours and then fill 30 gallon garbage cans and when we get 6 or 7 full, we take them in. They equal about 15 pounds each, and I can fit 6 comfortably in the truck bed, and can put one extra in the cab, as well as a small tote full if we had some "overflow."
@snowy22315 (198210)
• United States
2h
@porwest Hmm, I think it was supposed to be have fun unsummering..must got distracted..
@LindaOHio (205036)
• United States
9h
Changing the clocks back is always depressing for me. I hate that it gets dark so early.
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@porwest (110499)
• United States
4h
I am right there with you. Saying goodbye to summer, for me, is not a good time. I just hate it. But of course, can't get away from it (for now). Incidentally, we never got to the outside stuff as we had an earlier plan that pretty much took up our time.
Maybe next weekend.
