2018 Life Logs, Day 295—A Day with Sam
2018 Life Logs, Day 295—A Day with Sam
Date: Monday, October 22, 2018
Weather: Sunny, but Not Warm; High 51, Low 38 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
There was frost on the pumpkins this morning, but the day was sunny which took away some of the chill. And yes, Lynne, I realize summer is really over! We knew when Sam fell asleep on the couch before dinner last night that he wasn’t going to school today, so I volunteered to spend the day with him. Heather was in Boston and Jed had to attend a class that started early and went all day. I took Ollie and Jonah to school and picked them up. Heather and I passed each other as I drove to the school to pick-up Jonah and Ollie and she returned from Boston. She stayed with Sam while Ollie and I took Jonah to his Monday guitar lesson. While Jonah was in his lesson, Ollie and I drove to the near-by LL Bean store. Ollie was quite entertaining as he tried on ski helmets and goggles which he is sure he needs before the first snow.
Then we headed back to get Jonah and drove to meet Heather, Jed, Sam, and our favorite realtor at a house for sale in East Falmouth. Heather saw that the price has been drastically reduced, priced to sell quick, and it seemed promising. We haven’t been looking for a house to purchase together, but this one had an in-law apartment and it seemed worth a look. After the house showing, everyone but Sam and I were off to Scouts—Jed and Jonah went in one direction and Heather and Ollie in another. Again, I stayed with Sam, and then when the gang got home and the boys went to bed, Heather, Jed, and I did a little debrief meeting sharing our views of the house. The price was right, but there were so many issues that we decided this was not a wise purchase at this time. I didn’t get home until 11 pm. Long day, but I can sleep in tomorrow morning. Then just after noon, I head back to the Goldstones. Tuesday is my set day to pick the boys up after school and once a month that means picking them up at 12:40 as there is an Early Release Day. We’ll spend some time finalizing plans for Halloween costumes and decorations. Sam felt good enough today to carve his pumpkin,
so we now the boys have three jack-o-lanterns sitting in front of the house. That seems like enough holiday decoration for me, but we’ll see what the Goldpebbles think.
to see an exhibit sponsored by the Studio Art Quilt Associates of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Here’s how Highfield advertised the exhibit: “We spend our lives moving from building to building, often focused on our destination, overlooking the beauty of the natural world that surrounds us. This exhibit requires that artists step outside, literally, to observe this natural environment and then share the textures, colors and patterns as well as the emotions it evokes using fiber as the medium to communicate their vision.” Highfield is a three-story mansion that was built in the Nineteenth Century and is now a center for the arts in Falmouth. Today we got to see the quilted pieces on the first floor plus a display of tapestries on the second floor. The quilted pieces depicted all sorts of things in nature. I loved the teasel (like a thistle)
and Heather loved a piece depicting a hurricane.
Ollie liked a piece depicting a classic car on a beach at sunset,
while Sam relaxed in the ballroom enjoying a bright red and blue piece called Water Grasses.
I was also taken with a depiction of an osprey nest.
When we traveled to the second floor, Jonah found a three-dimensional tapestry called Boxes that he loved
and Jed really liked one called Green Seaweed.
The boys enjoyed the reading room on the second floor and the museum room on the first floor where they learned about the history of the mansion.
Unfortunately, Sam was not feeling good and by the end of the visit it was apparent that he had a temperature and was achy all over. Looks like he has the flu for the second time since the beginning of the school year. I’ll be staying with him tomorrow as he certainly can’t go to school with a fever. When we got back to Heather and Jed’s, I had to run home to do a few things, but Heather worked with Jonah and Ollie to carve their pumpkins.
Sam’s will have to wait until he is feeling better. I returned with a salad for dinner and Heather made a fall favorite for dinner, Afghan kaddo. There is an Afghan restaurant in Cambridge that serves this, but Heather’s is better. She bakes pumpkin baked with sugar and serves it covered with a spiced meat sauce and garlic and minted yogurt. Delicious. It was the perfect dinner on this very chilly fall day.
The father of one of the boys stood in as goalie and the game went on.
Ollie made a goal and although he was very guarded about showing his elation, it was obvious that he was very proud of making that goal. I left Ollie’s game about 10 minutes early and started the drive north to the town of Rehobeth for Jonah’s game. Here on the Cape a few trees are starting to lose a few leaves, but we don’t get the blast of color that happens further north. Driving to Rehobeth there were splashes of color along the road which made for a delightful drive.
Jonah’s team has won all but their first game this season, and today was no exception. Jonah was goalie for the first half,
but he got his chance to score in the second.
The minute that game was over, I headed back to Falmouth for Sam’s 5:30 pm game. The sun had already gone down behind the trees surrounding the field
when I arrived and it was fully dusk by the end of the game. I let Ollie have my camera to get photos, but unfortunately the light level was just too low to get good pictures, but he tried.
It was if the sun going down was a farewell salute to soccer for this fall season.
Sam’s team lost and he was a very sad and mad. But we all went out to dinner afterwards, and he seemed to be in a much happier mood by the end of the evening. 
I started my day by going to a class at the gym and then headed straight to Heather’s to paint three more dining room chairs as it was sunny and relatively warm. I love the bright rainbow colors of these chairs,
but the best thing is that the job is done! 
