Fall Foliage on Our Picnic Table

View of the Campground Early Colors

9/26/11 (Monday):  Autumn is just beginning to show her colors here in Michigan.  The trees on the margins of the forest are just tipped with color.  The sassafrass and poison ivy are brilliant red.  We've had a lot of rain, but when it's sunny it's gorgeous.  The temperatures are in the upper 60's during the day and 40's at night.  I'm at the laundromat where I get a stronger WiFi signal.  Hopefully I'll be able to download a few pics to this blog.

We've taken several drives in the country.  The color is a little better just north of us.  I think in another week it'll be glorious if the rain doesn't knock them all off.  And speaking of things falling off the trees--we had an acorn put a hole in the plastic cover of our vent fan!  We'd been hearing acorns fall from the 40 foot oak tree near our camper, but were astonished that one fell hard enough to put a small round hole in our vent cover!  Son Tom covered the hole with duct tape and I think we'll be fine until we get back to FL.

Dixboro Country Store

On one of our recent drives we popped into the Dixboro Country Store.  Mag, you would have loved it (and Lucie and Julie, too).  We picked up a few Christmas presents and enjoyed just wandering around.

Dixboro School

Right across the street was the old Dixboro School.  It was built in 1888 and used until 1955!

Wall of Antlers

On the way home, we stopped for ice cream in the little town of Unadilla.  This was another neat little store, with hunting memorabilia all over the place.











Wiley is starting to lose some of the great results of the first DBS adjustment, but we were told to expect that, so we're not worried (and he's still better than he was before the implant).  It's pretty amazing technology.  He has a total of 8 electrodes in his brain, each of which can be adjusted in several ways.  It took 2-1/2 hours for the first adjustment!  I'm going to try again to upload the videos we took the day after they turned the DBS on.  Maybe I have a better WiFi connection here in the laundromat.  This is Wiley's with the DBS off (sorry that they're sideways--haven't figured out how to rotate videos, and I took both videos with the camera vertically).  This first video is Wiley with the DBS turned off.

And here he is with the DBS turned on:

We go back on 10/4 for another adjustment. 

Rug

I've been spending a lot of time in doctor's offices and hospitals and sitting in a tiny camper in bad weather, so I decided I'd spend some time teaching myself to knit.  Using a book I bought and Youtube videos, plus a free class at the local libray, I've got a pretty good grasp of the basics.  I'm making a small rug.