October 28, 2016 More Wet

AAA sure got it right with
this issue of their magazine!

Wednesday 10/26. Rain fell until about 2:00 pm today and then we were in the clouds.  Even the fire in the wood stove couldn't completely fend off the dampness.  Dampness I thought for sure I had left behind on the other side of the mountains.  Enough already!  Looks like JB is going to have a bit of an adventure getting up our road on Saturday with all this rain.  I am so glad I got the drains cleaned out as much as I did.

Randy is calling every few days to check up on me which is so nice of him.  He is getting ready for winter also, keeping very busy as usual.

Two deer came down close to the house this afternoon.  Because of the wood stacked at the south end of the porch, Dinga smelled them before she saw them and started barking.  As soon as they came in sight, she was off and running after them, as was Jesse when I let him out.  There have been quite a few deer around this week.

Thursday 10/27. The temp was 42 with heavy overcast skies this morning.  It had rained most of the night and now we have received more than 3" this month.  Twice the valley fog tried to overtake our mountain and succeeded in doing so the second try.  It began to clear around 2:00 pm, but that was only because rain began to fall - again.  

I got outside early to get a few little things done, and we were able to go on our morning walk.  Dinga was absolutely wild today, having been couped up all day yesterday.  She was running around all over the place and wanting to play.

I find it unbelievable how many people are going to vote for Hilary based simply upon a physical trait - she is a woman.  That is just as bad as voting for a man because he is black.  It has nothing to do with their character or their ability to lead a nation, as we have obviously seen.  I guess this country will get what it deserves. . .

The rain petered out about 4:00 pm and soon I could see sunshine breaking through the clouds Down There.  But all it did was feed the valley fog in its never-ending battle to take over the county.  However, by sunset, the fog looked as though it had been neatly patted back into the canyon and the sky was clear.  Our high for the day was 45.

Friday 10/28. It is 39 and mostly cloudy this morning, at least I think so.  It is another half hour til sunup, so it's hard to tell.  JB will be home late tomorrow afternoon!  He has been gone four weeks now.

Thought for the day: He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas better than any man I ever met. Abraham Lincoln, referring to a lawyer.