welcome fall

In the department of stating the obvious, it got cold all of a sudden. I wore tights, a sweater, light rain jacket, and my rubber wellies, and I was cold! Wish I had brought a heavier sweater. It was deceptively warm this morning when I left the house. I think the temperature dropped all day.

I think tomorrow is free mulch day, aka "Mulch Madness" (yes, that's what they call it) at the city dump, but we're lending out the truck in the afternoon and we may not have time to get the mulch, unload it and sweep out the truck. Oh well, mulch is cheap.

I got the application from the Chapel Hill Christmas parade. I'm not sure if I'm going to do it or not this year. I haven't done anything to the car and it's looking pretty ratty. I don't want to commit to a parade until it's looking nice again. And besides that, there's a $35 entry fee now. Maybe I should give it a pass this year. I think Mebane has a night-time Christmas parade, that might be better. UMJ still looks good in the dark, with its rope lights.

Now I'm watching Bette Davis on the Dick Cavett show. She was a great interview. Hilarious stories, many of a ribald nature. I love Better Davis's early movies, but I had remembered old Bette Davis (vaguely, I must admit I didn't have a clear picture) as a scary old crone with clown makeup. I must have been thinking of Hotel with a dash of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? But in this 1971 appearance she's attractive and stylish in a black minidress, black leather go-go boots, and mink beret. Sometimes while making a funny remark she gets this sly smile on her face, and she looks the same as she did in 1934. It's kind of amazing.