TCC for 10/10/08

The Caretaker's Concern 10/10/08

No weather report, the Caretaker forgot to take note of it. Overall though it was a rather nice day, sun shinning, leaves turning, water lapping along the shore, etc.

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Early this morning the Caretaker heard the solitary call of one lone Loon. There are only two times of the year when Loons can be heard on the Lake, during their Spring migration North, and during their Autumn migration South. The call of the Loon this morning seemed to be full of much sorrow, which is to be expected because this Loon knows it is leaving the Adirondacks for the next six months. It may just be the Caretaker, and it probably is, but to him the Spring call of the Loon always seems to be rather joyous, while the Autumn call of the Loon seems to be rather sad.

Speaking of Loons, this Summer the Caretaker had a few sightings of Loons, which is rather uncommon for Lake George. His guess is that the Loon population is making a come back and even though Lake George does not provide suitable nesting waters, perhaps some have found habitation in some of the surrounding smaller bodies of water and from time to time have come to Lake George on holiday to forage for fish. Hopefully this is the case and hopefully there will be even more Loon sightings during the Summer next year.

Anyway, not much else to report, or at least there isn't much else that the Caretaker remembers about this day.

--The Caretaker

TCC for 10/9/08

The Caretaker's Concern 10/9/08
Lake Temp. No Lake temperature report until the Caretaker stops swimming for the season.
Ghetto temp. 63 F.
Island tmp. 62 F. Yesterday's L/H: no low/62 F.
Current conditions: Mostly clear night, occasional cloud clusters passing over from North West to South East 10 mph or so, at Lake level the wind is from the South, a gentle breeze, about 3 mph, enough for the water to reflect the moonlight in a broad shimmering swath as a river of chrome.

10/9/08


10/9/08


9/27/08


The first photo is from this morning, taken at around 8 a.m. (EST), the second photo is from this evening at around 6:20 p.m. (EST). As you can see the day ended much different than from how it started. Today ended up being rather
Summer like, while the Caretaker was on the mainland he remarked to himself: "Self, if I were to be running around, I would much prefer to be wearing shorts than the slacks that I am. Thankfully Self you are not running around."

This recent snap of warm weather will help to keep the foliage around, while in town today the Caretaker saw a number of Leaf Peepers out and about on the streets. Hopefully for their sake they will remain for the weekend or return by the weekend because it should be quite a high time for leaf peeping. It's a shame that the majority of them stay mostly to the roads inside their cars, they should get out and about in the woods on foot and take in all that the Great Outdoors has to offer.

What better way to Peep,
Than lying beneath a tree?
Gazing up through the branches
Watching as a gentle breeze
Tumbles around and about, shifting and sliding
Colorful Autumn leaves.

Glorious this colorful collage
Of falling foliage.

So if this is just one of the many things to be seen in the Great Outdoors when out in the outdoors, what is it when seen from say behind a windshield? The not so great outdoors? The inside but outside outdoors? The outdoors from inside? The "outdoors are nice to see but I'm not going out in them" outdoors? Well, who knows? Who cares? Whatever the case maybe, the Caretakers only real point is this: get out and enjoy the foliage. Not Autumn where you are? Get out and enjoy the foliage anyway, if you want bring a couple of cans of spray paint and color the leaves yourself. That's a joke, don't spray paint the leaves on the trees. Seriously, don't do that. They're covered enough in pollution. Which is not a joke either, don't cover the leaves in pollution. Seriously, don't do that. Stop it. Whiny child's voice: "God, they're covering the leaves in pollution."

--The Caretaker

TCC for 10/8/08

The Caretaker's Concern 10/8/08
Lake Temp. No Lake temperature report until The Caretaker stops swimming for the rest of the season.
Ghetto temp. 60 F.
Island tmp. 62 F. Yesterday's L/H: No report
Current conditions: Total cloud coverage, mild wind from the South, about 5 miles or so per hour.

10/8/08


9/27/08


9/3/08


The Caretaker has decided to start up with the narrative again, today is the day, it seems to be as good as any. The Caretaker would like to say "thank you" to all his loyal readers who have been keeping up with his photography these past few months. It seems that the last time the Caretaker posted a narrative to his blog was around the middle of May. What follows is the Caretaker's attempt to get you all caught up with what has been going on in the life of the Caretaker these past months and so with out further distraction:

Things happened. The Caretaker did stuff.

When the Caretaker woke up this morning it was another chilly start to the day, however, not as cold as it has been these past few days. According to the weather report this warming trend is supposed to continue, it would certainly be nice if this were to prove to be true. Yes the Caretaker is looking forward to the Winter, but he is not looking for it to come upon so soon. He seems to be getting his wish, at least for now, it is now around 9 o'clock at night (EST) and it is currently warmer outside than it is in either the main house or the Ghetto.

Ha. Ha... Ha. Oh how the Caretaker amuses himself with such silly jokes, about the past 6 months or so, to be honest what he wrote above pretty much sums it up, however, there are a few things he could and should expand upon, and he will, but at a later date.

Autumn has certainly arrived, the leaves on the trees have begun to change, and it is probably safe to say that they haven't peeked yet. This coming weekend could be pretty good viewing for the "Leaf Peepers". The Caretaker has had two sightings of Loons on the Lake over these past two weeks: one was just the other day while coming back to the Island, the other was early in the morning while on the Island. The Caretaker heard the call of a number of Loons all at once, so he leapt out of the Ghetto with camera in hand and raced over to East shore of the Island. They gave off quiet a number of trumpets, but unfortunately they were rather far and there wasn't enough light so none of the Caretaker's photos came out well, so he deleted them all. It is still early in the season for all of the Loons to have migrated South for the Winter, there is still hope for more opportunities to hear and see Loons before the Winter winds begin to blow.

There is still much for the Caretaker to do this night so he will leave off for now, if all goes well, he will pick up again tomorrow evening.

--The Caretaker

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