November 5, 2018 Sun, Wind & A Visit

A firery wild rose bush.

Friday 11/2. We could see rain falling everywhere else but Up Here until a little after 10:00 am when the wind blew in a downpour that lasted about an hour and a half until the wind blew it away.  All in all, it was a very blustery day with a high of 50.  We just hunkered down inside.

Saturday 11/3. It is 42 and overcast this morning.  What a lovely, quiet night it was.  No wind.  No rain.  But during the day the wind grew stronger, up to 15 mph.

JB did a few outside projects, while I stayed inside doing dishes and laundry.  I did venture out this afternoon for our walk.  Our high for the day was 48.

Larry and Elsie drove up this evening for a visit and we made the most of the extra hour.  A good visit, but with a pall of sadness as just a couple days ago they had to put down their little Beagle who was so sick.  He was about 13 years old, and as with all their dogs, they had given his such a good life.

We endured another noisy, windy night with gusts up to 33 mph coming every two to three minutes.  None of us got much sleep.

Sunday 11/4. It is 42 this morning and the wind has cleared out the skies.  It is still gusting to 33 mph but much less often.  JB went back to bed to try and get some of the sleep he didn't get during the night.

With our visitors last night, this was probably the smoothest transition to standard time that we have ever had.  Even for the dogs.

I had a nice chat with Sandy.  It has been a while, but she has been fighting off a sinus infection.  At least now she can talk without coughing.

The sun now rises and sets so much further to the south.  I was really never aware of it annual movements when I lived Down There.  So many other things calling for my attention.  Up Here I feel so much more a part of nature and all the earth's rhythms.  Man will come and go, with all his wars and deceits, but Mother Earth will last to the end, if there is one.

I spent time outside re-tying down tarps that had been torn loose by the wind or, in the cast of the one over Miss Kitty, blown entirely off and 100' into the woods.  By noon the gusts had died to 15 mph, with the occasional 21 mph mixed in.  JB installed the slats in the front of the generator shed, and a few other chores that needed to be done.

Back inside I did some way-overdue vacuuming, then finished one book and started another.  Every time we were outside, we were picking up kindling that is always around after a big wind.

The wind gradually died down until it was gone by 7:00 pm.  Our high for the day was 48.

Monday 11/5. It is 37 and breezy with mostly clear skies this morning, except for a huge bank of clouds over the mountains to the west.

Thought for the day: The older I get, the earlier it gets late.