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| The line of rime Friday morning. |
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| Saturday morning's snow. |
Friday 11/18. The frozen fog left a line of frosted trees on the surrounding mountains this morning. It must have been at about 4,000 ft. as only the trees along our south ridge were frosted Up Here.
JB arrived home at about 2:00 pm, having made very good time across the passes in spite of the Friday traffic going east. I had just finished baking peanut butter/chocolate chip cookies as he drove up. So very good to have him home again. His Mother continues to exist on only about 200 calories per day, but is obviously becoming weaker.
Snow began falling around 4:00 pm and our high for the day was just 30.
Saturday 11/19. We awoke to a temp of 28 and 1/2" of snow on the ground this morning. And, again, we were encased in fog. Light snow fell on and off all day, but didn't seem to add to what was already here.
The loft is finally looking good. I have another large bag of duffel-type and computer bags; a bag of Tupperware, baskets and candle-holders (all things that seem to multiply by themselves); and a box of books to take to the thrift store when I go Down There on Wednesday.
Larry and Elsie drove up to visit and play marbles. We always have so much fun talking and laughing while playing, especially when Elsie and I completely crush the guys, as we did this evening.
Sunday 11/20. It was 32 this morning and the snow was in the process of melting. And, again, we were encased in fog. By day's end, the snow had completely disappeared, especially after the half hour of rain that fell around 4:00 pm.
A day in the fog is like: Oh, look, it's clearing, or not; there it goes - and here it comes again; I can see blue sky, or not. Back and forth. Back and forth. Hope and discouragement. This has been such a wet and dark autumn. Not at all good for solar power. Fortunately the propane generator really doesn't use much fuel. But our batteries are really not working well on these dark days, even when we try to power them up with the generator. They work much better on the day-long trickle from the sun. We may end up getting new batteries like the ones Larry and Elsie have if the sun is going to be shy this winter.
We stayed inside all day. I put the final touches on cleaning up the loft. JB worked on his computer. We read books. As soon as we have a decent fog-clear day, we want to get down our road and bring up the rest of the trees that our son cut down.
Monday 11/21. It is 34 and mostly cloudy this morning. No fog! Maybe we will be able to get those trees up from the side of our road.
Thought for the day: Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight. Rossiter W. Raymond
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