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| Snow falling on Mission Ridge Thursday. |
Friday 11/6. The nuthatches were certainly noisy today. Lots of other birds out and about too. The varied thrushes tend to arrive in the evening. JB is the bird expert, looking them all up in our book and identifying them. Then I get to sound knowledgeable also.
We tilted the solar panels all the way down this morning, in order to catch the rays of the winter sun.
I finally made the rose hip-orange marmalade this afternoon. The three pounds gave me 9-1/2 jelly-jars worth.
Saturday 11/7. It was 34 when I got up this morning at 7:50 am, and was just in time to see the fog moving in from all directions. It only stayed about an hour, and was on its way back Down There about the same time we were. The hospital was having a free flu-shot clinic today, so we took advantage of that and ran a few errands. Nene had showed me that Walmart has the Glutino gluten-free pretzels that we like for a reasonable price, so we bought some of those. Bought some books at the Salvation Army thrift store, and visited Larry and Elsie.
We were back home by 1:00 pm and up in the clouds. The rest of the day was perfect for just staying inside by the fire and reading papers, mail and our books.
Our high for the day was 40. A very damp and chilly 40.
Sunday 11/8. It was 37 and partly cloudy this morning. I had planned to get some inside things done today, but as plans usually go. . .
Larry called as we were washing the dishes. It seems that when they were on their drive last night, they discovered a large tree across the road. They called the neighbor who owns that property and were told they could have the tree and any other downed trees in the area. So instead of driving out to forest service land to cut wood, as they had planned to do this morning, they got their wood nice and close to home. Larry told us there were a lot of big branches that he knew we liked for firewood, so JB hooked up the trailer and we drove on up. Larry and Elsie got more than a cord of wood and we filled our trailer. Then Larry drove their truck down to empty it and I drove JB's Jeep and the trailer back up to our place, while JB and Elsie stayed to watch the burn pile that they had started in order to clean up all the small and unused branches.
I came back with Miss Kitty just before Larry arrived with their empty truck. The neighbor who owned the place arrived shortly after that with his family in tow, and we all stood around the bonfire chatting and keeping warm. Buster was there barking for people to throw his stick again and again and again. A very good afternoon.
We left about 3:30 pm and realized, as we drove home in Miss Kitty, that she has a problem with her transmission. Oh, goody. . .
Looks like the tree people may actually be able to get Up Here tomorrow. The snow may not arrive until Monday night or Tuesday.
Monday 11/9. It is 34 and trying to snow this morning. A rain/snow mix is falling. Not sure if the tree people will make it up now or not.
Thought for the day: Good Morning. This is God. I will be handling all your problems today.
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