2025 Life Logs, Day 306: Dark So Early
Date: Sunday, November 2, 2025
Weather: Sunny; High Temp 54, Low 39 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Today was ‘fall back’ day—back to Eastern Standard Time. Farewell to Daylight Savings Time. So, when I was outside working on potting some of my herbs to bring inside for the winter on this first day of EST, I was a bit surprised when the sun went down at 4:35 pm! I’ll adapt, but I really don’t like the afternoon sunsets of November, December, and into January. By mid-January sundown is back to around 5 pm, so from there forward I’m okay. I just have to make it for the next two and a half months. That’s a long time.
I spent my morning continuing my work on the film series. Then at 2 pm, I headed to Mattapoisett to pick up Heather and Jed. They motor sailed Ardenna from her summer home in Woods Hole to Mattapoisett where she will be taken out of the water on Tuesday morning. Once out of the water, she will be moved to her winter home on land here in Falmouth.
When I got home, I spent the rest of the lovely fall afternoon outside gathering containers to pot parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme–just like the song—to bring inside for the winter. Since the sun set so early, I will continue that process in the morning. But I did manage to find the pots needed. My neighbor, Andy, has a huge supply. He had offered to give me a few, so this afternoon I headed across the street with an empty wheelbarrow and returned with the pots needed. Thanks to Andy my living room is going to be transitioned to a greenhouse.
