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| Our porch in winter mode. |
Wednesday 11/2. Our little deer were back this morning. We got up late so we didn't see them, but they had eaten a potted plant I had sitting on the ground by the porch steps and their tracks were all over the yard..
Yesterday and today we tried to charge MAX's battery, but we finally had to admit that it just wasn't going to happen. JB will be going Down There on Friday to fill the gas cans and will also buy a new battery.
JB's Mother is quite weak now, having been subsiding only on 1/2 can of Ensure Clear and a little tea, coffee and broth each day for more than a month. Hospice actually does have a program to give caretakers a respite. Medicare will pay for the patient to go into hospice for a week, but his Mother has so little time left that no one wants to do that.
We finished watching the last season of Warehouse Thirteen this evening. It was a perfect ending.
Thursday 11/3. It was 42 with a mostly clear sky this morning. Sunshine and birdsong! What a great start to the day. The nuthatches were everywhere and letting everyone know it.
JB let me sleep in a bit and I guess the deer did too. When Dinga and I went out to feed the girls, the deer were on the northwest side of the house by my wiggle-wood fence. They were standing so still that Dinga could smell them but ran right past without noticing them. I stood and talked to them until they finally moved, then Dinga was running after them.
We all went for our morning walk and JB even hiked more than halfway up to the peak. After lunch were were out to make the most of the great weather. We tried to pull up the tree that our son had cut down on the west slope, but it just wouldn't budge. I hand cut six large branches off, but still no luck. I guess all the branches need to be sawed off, but that will have to wait until another day. We wanted to get all the branch wood in and around the wood cradle cut and stacked. So we did that and took it all to the porch in three loads in the tractor bucket. The porch is definitely ready for winter.
Our high for the day was 54. Kind of warm for November. . .
It felt so good to be out doing such projects. The whole month of October was just too wet and foggy to really get anything done outside. And it sounds like we will have at least another dry day or two. Perfect for JB to go Down there tomorrow.
JB always goes outside to check the temp before we go to bed and this evening we had two visitors. "Our" deer were on the north side of the house, quite close. He called me outside and they just stood and looked at us while I talked to them. I love it!
Friday 11/4. It is 38 and clear this morning. Love that sun!
Thought for the day: Don't put no restrictions on the people. Leave 'em the hell alone. Jimmy Durante
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