This shot is through the front window of my folks’ place. They get some very pretty sunsets.

The sun has set on Thanksgiving, and we’re moving on to Christmas. My parents picked out their trees today, and I’ll go see if I can find one tomorrow.

The Virtual Advent Tour kicks off tomorrow. Have you signed up for a date yet? We’d love to have you join us!

My phone battery died while I was waiting for Rudi to call to say he’d made it safely to Salt Lake last night. (I’m not the only person who has dreams that they plug their phone in, am I?) But that means a few other things didn’t happen, because then my dozing on the couch turned into sleeping on the couch for most of the night.

Whoops!

So you get a morning-written post instead of a night-written one, insubstantial as it is.

But I leave you with this thought for today: I wish you love and happiness, whether you find it in a box of Nerds or in a nerd him- or herself.

I had to be at National Harbor, a Disney-esque (in its plasticness, not in being entertaining) resort and conference center just south of D.C., for work yesterday.

There were several breaks in my day, and, while I was trying to do office work during some of them, I did succeed in getting outside for the last light of the day. Here is the sun setting over the Potomac River.:

I hope you’re having a nice weekend!

Rudi is away for the weekend, so I’m flying solo for the next couple of days. Here’s what I’m hoping to get done:

• Take part in the Garden Work Day and Social tomorrow morning.
• Sleep in on Sunday morning.
• Sign up for the Broke and the Bookish Secret Santa Swap.
• Check out the Christmas Market tomorrow at the Czech embassy.
• Complete a coffeeneuring ride or two.
• Attend a “pop-up reading room” on the other side of town tomorrow afternoon. There will be fire pits and s’mores and a used book sale!
• Cook quince.
• Hang the fairy lights around the living room. (I never tracked down Halloween lights, so I’m just going to get started with the Christmas ones.)
• Switch out my summer clothes for winter ones. I need access to warmer sweaters!
• Find a new pair of jeans. And try to get a little more wear out of my current pair via an iron-on patch.

How about you? What’s on tap for your weekend?

Both things I had on my calendar for this weekend have been postponed, which means I now have to think about doing other things with my days. Plus, there’s that extra “Fall Back” hour to fill. Here’s how I’m thinking I might use the time:

• Watch the Nationals World Series parade. I’m iffy about the crowds, but someone Rudi knows suggested the last massive sports parade he attended was manageable near the route start, so I may give that a shot. But if it’s too overwhelming, it’s not like they need me there to have the parade.
• Go to the library in Virginia where the book my new book club is reading is on hold for me.
• Do laundry.
• Ride a bike to a hot drink for a coffeeneuring stop.
• Start cleaning my apartment. My holiday party is in a month, and my apartment is more messy than ever.
• Bake something seasonal, possibly using quince.
• Eat pizza.
• Book a rental car for Thanksgiving.
• Finish my shawl. Then I could block it, because although it will be cool, it will also be sunny and dry.
• Visit the garden to pick the last of the tomatoes and basil and pull out dead plants.
• Read Rainbow Rowell’s Pumpkinheads, which takes place on Halloween.
• Spend as much time outside during daylight as possible, since weekends will be the last I see of daylight for the next several months.

How about you? What will you do with your extra-long 2-day weekend?

This weekend included:

Hot drinks.

A Halloween festival at my local park.

Pumpkin buying at the farmers market.

Cheering on lots of runners at the marathon early this morning.

A nap.

Several baseball games that didn’t quite work out.

How was your weekend?