Sunday walk

On Sunday  I took a walk through the neighborhood.  Covered almost 3 miles, my personal best.

Halloween is all but gone.  Well, except for this guy.

He was a late addition to my neighbor’s display.  They’ve taken everything else down, but left this guy on the lawn.

Some of my neighbors still have pumpkins and scarecrows, things that are more “autumn” than “Halloween”.   But a few houses now have those inflatable turkeys.

I previously showed you this one.

And this one

So now let’s add a third

You’ve seen my display 

A few houses already have Christmas lights (can’t see them in daylight, of course), but not lawn decorations.  Except for this house.

Fall foliage is past peak now.

Thinking of lyrics right now.  All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray …I’ve been for a walk …

And yes, the skies were gloomy.

Did you notice how dry the lawns are?  We are in a drought.  It barely rained in September and it didn’t rain at all in October.  We got some rain Sunday night, but not nearly enough.

Long Island’s drinking water supply comes from groundwater, and so far the aquifers are fine.  So we aren’t dealing with water restrictions.  

NYC, by contrast, relies on reservoirs, which are at about 64% of capacity.  Not horrible …yet. But I am concerned.

And we are under threat of wildfires.  Fires are burning upstate and in New Jersey, and there was a fire in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, but so far nothing serious on Long Island.  I am praying for more rain.