Washington Spirit vs. San Diego Wave at Audi Field on a perfect October Sunday. A 2-1 win in extra time!

Signs of the times, Washington, D.C.

No Kings posters.

Rapa Nui moai on the campus of The American University in Washington, D.C. Marker says this was gift of Chile to their friends in the U.S.A. (Seems to be a replica.)

Kitchen makings in process: homemade grenadine (recipe and fun story), vanilla extract (recipe). Finished over the weekend: roselle syrup (recipe). What’s next: orange bitters (recipe from Bitters by Brad Thomas Parsons).

Much fun at the 28th annual Carrboro Music Festival. After 2 hours of soccer this morning and 3 hours of walking stage to stage, I am beat.

Tomorrow is the 28th annual Carrboro Music Festival, with 100 bands throughout the day. I’ll be there, after morning pick-up soccer, of course. Join us! It’s free.

For the vinyl collection

In Pittsboro today, at Screaming for Vintage, I picked up Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel.

Then, in Saxapahaw, these five singles from the Record Booth stall inside Saxy-A-Go-Go:

[trying to fix a typo in the title. update, please]

A hot few days but the maple leaves are floating down and the hickory nuts are dropping with a thud.

Another awesome show by The Heavy Heavy. My second time seeing them, tonight at Motorco in Durham. They have energy and licks and tunes. Love this band.

Nothing bums me out more than seeing a turtle smashed in the street. Soon we’ll see dead cooperhead snakes. This is dangerous times for creatures on the move.

A surprise today as I was driving up the gravel road, noticed a dark spot that didn’t seem like one of the many maple leaves that have started to fall (oaks are waiting). I got out to look, and found this turtle already scrambling into the woods. Love his little tail.

A gorgeous evening for pops music by Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle on the green at Southern Village (Chapel Hill, NC). Including an awesome performance of Kauyumari by composer Gabriella Ortiz, now Johnny Cash tribute. Conductor Niccolo Muti and orchestra are on fire.

I don’t seem to have a good linkblog setup (need to connect my Feedland install to S3) so here’s a link I want to save/share: Escaped slaves on St. Croix hid their settlements so well, they still haven’t been found – archaeologists using new mapping technology are on the hunt

Jesse Welles was featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday in this story about Farm Aid at 40.

On a late-afternoon walk in the woods behind the house, I noticed for the first time a tall red mulberry tree, with a vine climbing high into its branches. I tugged on the vine and berries dropped all around me. Not berries! Small wild grapes, with a delicious scent. Glorious nature.

closeup of yellowed leaf of a red mulberry tree

Feels like it’s been a long while since I last purchased a domain name. I’ve been trimming my list of late, but this week I found fsted.com and went for it.

After an afternoon of using the chainsaw to remove some trees along our gravel driveway - Carrboro fire marshal suggestion to ensure the trucks can safely get to us - my arms are mush, but it’s nice to have a late EPL game to watch. Wish Brentford could have held their lead.

Made my Saturday morning visit to the Carrboro Farmers Market in search of roselle, hot peppers, and cut flowers. Roselle not ready yet, but plenty of peppers, including red Aji Chombo and yellow Fatalii, both varieties new to me. I have a jar of mixed peppers brining for a batch of hot sauce.

Home alone so I put The Joshua Tree on the record player and cranked the volume dial. Makes it easier to do the dishes and clean the kitchen.

Despite missing a front leg, this box turtle was moving quickly across the road in the neighborhood near our home. I got out of the van to move it to the grass.