Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania that we each inhabit.

Welcomings will be posted at the start of each week (usually Saturday night with a Sunday date). To find the posts, just bookmark this link and Voila! (which is Moose for “I found everyone!!”).
The format is simple: each day, the first moose to arrive on-line will post a comment welcoming the new day and complaining (or bragging!) about their weather. Or mentioning an interesting or thought provoking news item. Or simply checking in.
So … what’s going on in your part of Moosylvania?
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Good morning, 40 and cloudy. My bedroom window is still open but the breeze is chilly so it’s time to close it, wash the screen, change to a flannel duvet cover and accept that fall is here and winter is coming. RonK is continuing to feel better but he’ll be glad to have the knarly stitches on the side of his face removed. He is continuing to write photo blogs but is posting them on Substack now. His are all free to read if you want to do so.
As I suspected arthritis is advancing so my coping and activity plan needs to change too. Reading Keith’s (PT) report from yesterday’s visit was a bit sobering but I’m glad to have his help again. So today I’ll edit my gardening list, do what I can, and try to do no more. As always, my best wishes to all.