Sept 3, 2014 Cold Fall Weather

Green sun berries

A very late-blooming potato plant

Monday 9/1. The grove was alive with nuthatches, finches and juncos as I sat on the porch with my coffee this morning.  The temperature was a cool 52, but the sun was warm.  JB and I split a big GF cinnamon roll for breakfast.  Oh, yum!

Nene responded to my mention of Irish Spring soap by saying that a couple of her friends and her daughter-in-law keep the deer away from their garden and small trees by hanging a bar of it in a cloth bag close by.

We now have 18 people confirmed to attend our BBQ and could end up with close to 30!  Good thing we have 40 acres. . .

The dogs and I went for a long, lazy walk down the road.  JB worked on cleaning up his desk and checking his email.  The dogs flushed a large flock of grouse on our afternoon walk.

Clouds blew over during the day and our high was 77, but most of the day was in the low 70's with a nice breeze.  By 4:00 pm the temperature had dropped to 65 and it was in the low 50's by the time we went to bed.  I love these cool evenings.

Last night Elsie had brought up a big bag of apples from their tree, and green beans and chilis from their garden.  Also some sun berries for the girls.  Our sun berry bushes are blooming and filling with green berries, soon to be ripe.  We had half of the beans in stir fry for dinner tonight and they were so good.

I dug up at least 15 lbs of Yukon potatoes from plants that are obviously finished.  Most of them are a pretty good size.  We haven't even started on our red potatoes who's plants are still going strong.

Tuesday 9/2.  It was 51 and clear this morning.  I decided to go Down There grocery shopping, and will make jam on Wednesday.

The wind picked up and clouds raced across the sky most of the day.  Our high Up Here was 73, but the wind was quite chilly.

Wednesday 9/3.  This morning is 46 with a clear sky.  It's definitely jam making day.

Thought for the day: It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.  Dave Barry