Yes, it's that time of year again. A walk outside gets you a face full of web, the hobo spiders look menacing (because the ARE) in the garage, the crickets twiddle their knees and try to drown out the howl of the freeway, and I'm a prickly pile of sneezes and sniffles. It's the most wonderful time of the year. Truly, fall is a favorite time. I feel recharged...I want to make the most of these last days of sun and warmth. Everything's golden. I just wish I wasn't in school, so that I had time to make use of the physical energy. And that I could breathe.
The season and a video I saw on Running Commentary a few days ago made me think of the Cedar Creek Grist Mill. In this age of high technology, there's something comforting about machinery that I can easily understand. The grist mill is maintained by a non-profit group, kept operational by volunteers and donations. Visit on the weekends, and you'll see the mill in action, grinding wheat and corn into flours, scooped into brown paper bags for visitors to take home. The last Saturday in October, a apple presses are brought out and 4 tons of apples are pressed into cider. Volunteers wanted! I think I might sign up.
It's funny because even though I've been there before, I pictured the mill with the classic wooden water wheel, but at the time the mill was made, the advantages of iron turbines over wooden wheels was well established. So...no water wheel, but still quite impressive, especially as the pulleys and leather belts get going.
Random things seen today:
Hula girl swaying on the dashboard of a convertible Geo Metro.
Young woman with a Holga at a grist mill.
Recent Addictions:
Harbo Gummi Bears*, Twitter, Odwalla Quencher Summertime Lime Limeade!
Must do:
Lop my hair. Call about volunteering for next feral cat clinic. Gather info for research paper topic: relationship of child abuse and animal/pet abuse.
Listening to:
Morphine, Cure for Pain
*Where can one find the gummi bears (Ya?) that were used in Hedwig & the Angry Inch?