Man, this week is drawing out longer and longer. It’s ONLY Thursday. The only good thing is that it’s time for the Thursday Threesome.

Onesome: Butterflies - ‘Tis the end of butterfly season, at least here in the Northern Hemisphere (hey, we have readers and respondents in the Southern); what are looking forward to seeing around the yards and neighborhoods in the next few months. (…besides snow, unless that’s all you have staring back at you during the Winter months!)
I’m not looking forward to what is starting here. We have those freakin’ Asian Beetles that look like Ladybugs. And we have bajillions of them. Two years ago the back yard looked like there was fog or smoke or something; it was those freakin’ beetles. They’re already fouling up door jambs and lights and such. Yuck!

Twosome: are - Are your sports teams doing okay this Fall? Baseball is down to the final stretch and it’s time to chose up sides! …and football is darned interesting at the six-week mark? No interest? How about curling {g}?
The Iowa Hawkeyes are doing amazingly well this year. Yeah, there were some high hopes at pre-season, but we had a largely untested offensive line and NO starters from our defensive line. Add to that the fact that all four of our down defensive linemen were either drafted or invited to camps (two are playing major minutes as rookies) and you have a major defensive loss. But right now they are 5-2. Iowa State has sort of tanked after beating Iowa. They have lost three straight and now sit at 3-3. Division 1-AA #13 Northern Iowa has only one loss (to the Hawkeyes). So things are looking pretty good right now.

Threesome: Free - What is your favorite “freebie”? That ‘buy one, get one free’ sale? …the ice cream cone from your local shop on your birthday? The samples at Starbucks? Inquiring minds and all that…
The last “freebie” I got was probably what I’ll be getting in about a month or so. Every year at work around Thanksgiving we get a certificate for a frozen turkey. Pretty cool when we host Thanksgiving!