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Fall colors are still raging at the mouth of the paved canyon and in town. I wish I had brought my camera with me. But even better than the colors is that I paid only $2.93 per gallon for gas!! Has to be more than twenty years since I have paid less than $3.00. Woo Hoo!!
Found more great books at the Salvation Army store, including the first three by Jean M. Auel, starting with the Mammoth Hunters. Haven't read those in decades and I so enjoyed them.
Was home by 1:30 pm after letting Larry's and Elsie's dogs out for a romp. The sun had been warm in town and our high for the day Up Here was 51. A new wind arrived about 3:00 pm with a short shower in its grip, and gusting to 25 mph.
Am still getting a small handful of sun berries each day for the girls, even in the cool and often sunless weather we've been having. Shouldn't be surprised though, as they thrive in Alaska.
The girls gave us one huge egg today. Would be classified as XXL! Most of the ones they lay for us are XL, but this one was exceptional.
Black bears are supposed to be going into their winter hibernation this week, don't know if it has been cold enough for them Up Here yet.
We finished watching season two of Game of Thrones this evening. Having read all the books, I swear they are going to stretch this out to ten or more years.
Saturday 11/8. Our temperature was 37 this morning and the sky was partly overcast. Snow is in the forecast for the end of the week, brought down by a big storm moving in from Alaska.
Lots of indoor chores this morning, laundry, defrosted the fridge and freezer. Somehow when I defrost, I always find so many other things that need cleaning in the kitchen. Things I don't really notice until then, like little spills down the cupboards or spots on the floor.
After lunch, I drove Miss Kitty down to the fallen tree by the road to limb it. JB drove down in his Jeep with his chain saw. He sliced up that tree and another fallen, dead one near by. Loaded the rounds into Miss Kitty and back up we went to stack them by the splitter. Then, since we already had the chainsaw out, we hiked down to where we had cut down the big tree in September and cut three smaller, dying ones nearby. A good day's work.
The partial, light overcast stayed with us all day, shrinking and growing. By sunset most of it was to the east and north, turned pink by the sinking sun. Our high for the day was 46.
We watched Inception this evening, and think we understood it much better than the first time we watched it. However, we disagree on the ending. . . While we were watching, Buster came up to visit at 9:00 pm. That's the latest he's ever been here, so we figure it's because they just arrived Up Here again.
Sunday 11/9. It was 41 with partly cloudy skies and a wind gusting to 25 this morning. Rain had fallen earlier, before we got up at 8:00 am, and it looked like it was still really falling in the mountains. This has definitely been the year of the wind. It spent most of the day tearing off little puffs of the clouds over the mountains and sending them in races to the east.
After lunch I went down to limb the three trees we felled yesterday. JB pulled up the tallest one with his Jeep. We sliced it, loaded it into Miss Kitty, and stacked it by the splitter. We had just parked our vehicles when we felt the first rain drops on our faces. I had just enough time to pick some sun berries and grass for the girls' afternoon snack. By then the sky was really dark. Of course, an hour later the sky was blue, the sun was shining and the rain had been blown to the north of us. I could see that the clouds had been dropping snow on the mountains, not rain, and the snow level had dropped much further down than it had been this morning. Our high for the day was 48.
There is an excellent article in Time magazine about Chris Nolan's new movie, Insterstellar. Definitely want to see that one.
Thought I would get at least one comment on my last posting which mentioned my thoughts on liberals. And, yes I know that not everyone west of the Cascades is without common sense, there have to be at least of few of you to maintain the sanity.
JB went out on the porch at about 9:30 pm as he always does with Dinga. She was on the ground and just going down to do her nightly business, when she made a u-turn and shot back with her tail between her legs and barking. Jesse came bounding out of the bedroom, and I let him out too. JB didn't see what had frightened Dinga, but both dogs came back in fairly quickly. We think it must have been a cat. And by the way she was cleaning up, we think Dinga peed on herself. She was spooked for the rest of the night.
Monday 11/10. It is 32 and the sky is clear this morning. The storm from Alaska is on its way, pushing arctic temperatures in front of it. High temps for the next several days are supposed to be in the low 30's. Brrrr!
Thought for the day: People who say it can't be done should not interrupt those of us who are doing it.
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