Category Archives: Family

Sunday October 27, 2019

Posted on 27 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

After spending the rest of the afternoon getting things reorganized downstairs we went to the Mexican restaurant for dinner. The promised rain started while we were eating dinner. During the night and early this morning it poured down. I had … Continue reading →

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Saturday October 26, 2019

Posted on 26 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

After I put in a load of clothes to wash I worked on repotting the plants Donna gave me on Wednesday while I was waiting on Frances and Al to get here. Temperatures this morning were in the upper 50’s … Continue reading →

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Wednesday October 9, 2019

Posted on 9 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Be sure to check the comments page for a link to a very nice tribute to Bob someone posted on youtube. Al and I started on painting the room first thing this morning finishing the first coat by 9am. While … Continue reading →

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Tuesday October 8, 2019

Posted on 8 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

54 degrees and raining this morning when I left to volunteer at the bookstore. I’ve had about in inch here. It rained hard at times downtown but otherwise has been what we needed, a nice steady rain all day. Al … Continue reading →

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Sunday October 6, 2019

Posted on 6 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Cloudy and cool this morning with a slight drizzle. Frances, Al, and Adam left around 10am. I vacuumed and cleaned the upstairs bathrooms then started working on reorganizing my closet. I had to stop to eat a light lunch and … Continue reading →

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Saturday October 5, 2019

Posted on 5 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Al, Frances, and Al’s son Adam, visiting from Reno, arrived last evening. This morning we left around 10 for Galax, VA to walk around the downtown shops and to eat at Macado’s then came back to downtown Sparta to walk … Continue reading →

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Thursday October 3, 2019

Posted on 3 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Al came up last night to stay over. This morning we cleared everything out of their bedroom to make room for their new bed and a smaller dresser delivered from our favorite furniture store in Winston. While the room is … Continue reading →

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Sunday September 22, 2019

Posted on 22 September 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

58 degrees and sunny this morning. While Frances and Al made preparations to head back down the mountain I went outside to get some gardening chores taken care of. I cut back the brown eyed Susan’s and both the Rose … Continue reading →

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Saturday September 21, 2019

Posted on 21 September 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

54 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning. We went into town around 10 for the Heritage Festival. While I helped Joyce at the Friends of the Parkway booth Frances and Al walked around looking at the vendor booths and going … Continue reading →

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Sunday September 1, 2019

Posted on 1 September 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Yesterday afternoon we drove over to Donna’s to see the baby goats. Since I was over there a couple of weeks ago she had another set of kids born. Frances held one of the goats and petted the others. Then … Continue reading →

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