Paper paper paper. It's everywhere, so this morning I have focused exclusively on recycling, shredding, filing, or finding a place where (a few) things can be kept to read before recycling. Thanksgiving preparations fully underway.

There is also a growing stack of small items that can be claimed by folks who are here for the meal, otherwise they go to Goodwill. I've been testing various reader glasses and have settled on a couple of good varieties; the extras need to go away. Hot drink mugs (gifts from places I volunteer), etc. There are also a few packaged food items that are in the "I'm not eating these any more" category that can go to other kitchen cabinets. I've done this successfully in the past.

My next door neighbors had their grandson over to dig up the back gardens to thin the iris. There are several large bags of the excess rhizomes and I asked them if I could offer them on my Buy Nothing group (they were going to put the bags at the curb for trash). We're all glad the flowers won't go to waste. This evening a woman whose garden club can redistribute them will pick up all of the bags (that are now beside my driveway).

This is the first really cool and overcast morning that feels like autumn. It's about time! I hear my handyman friend working across the street, removing a large mulberry bole (he had to bring a longer saw to take down the last eight feet or so of semi-rotten wood in the tree he took down last week.) No one would use that for firewood (and it would have to dry for a while first) - this time of year people do crank up their fireplaces for commercial fire logs or pellets and we end up with a lot of smoke in the air in still weather.

Back to clearing up around here. I have an appointment (online) midday but have decided the rest of today is to pickup, put away, and make the house presentable.