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 and partly cloudy skies. We did not get the rain last night and this morning as predicted. We are supposed to get rain this afternoon and tonight. We’ll see.

Once they arrived we went downstairs to work on getting their room put back together. This afternoon we have some more indoor/outdoor projects to work.

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Friday October 25, 2019

Posted on 25 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I worked out at the gym, came home, and back to work. Another cool start to the day at 44 degrees and a high of 59. Cloudy all day, the rain is supposed to move in this evening.

So far I have not turned on the heat. I am so warm natured that I am comfortable in the house at 65 degrees which is the lowest it has gone so far. The house is very well insulated and even on those cold days, with the sunshine, the temperature stayed right at 68 which is where I keep it set.

The only time I turn it up to 70 is when it’s in the single digits outside and cloudy or snowing. Guess I may turn it on this evening since the rain is due in to keep the house from becoming too damp.

 

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Thursday October 24, 2019

Posted on 24 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading Dead North by Sue Henry.

34 degrees, sunny, and a heavy frost this morning when I left for the gym. Grocery store stop on the way home then back to work.

Another beautiful fall day in the mountains with cool temperatures and lots of sunshine. James did not mow last week. He mowed today. With all the rain and sunshine the grass greened up and grew a lot in the last week. He will have to mow a couple more times for both height and leaves that have not yet fallen.

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Wednesday October 23, 2019

Posted on 23 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

44 degrees and sunny this morning when I left for the gym. After my workout I drove to Galax, VA to go to Wal-Mart. On the way home two deer ran out in front of me on the two lane shortcut that goes from 18 over to 89. This is a residential/commercial area not farm land.

It is a beautiful day with lots of sunshine, temperatures in the upper 50’s and a breeze. The cool nights have finally turned some of the trees.

This afternoon I went over to Donna’s to get some ground cover she cultivated for me to plant. I stayed about an hour visiting and checking out the goats, bunnies, and ducks. They live at the end of a dirt road with lots of open pasture land just before you get to their house. As I was leaving there were about 15 deer standing in the field by their property.

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Tuesday October 22, 2019

Posted on 22 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

59 degrees with fog and drizzle this morning when I took Colin out.

It started pouring buckets of rain while I was volunteering at the bookstore this morning. That front has blown out of here bringing sunshine and wind. Temperatures are supposed to fall all afternoon with a low tonight in the upper 30’s. I had a little over half an inch here at the house.

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Monday October 21, 2019

Posted on 21 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading Kilt Dead by Kaitlyn Dunnett.

52 degrees with clouds and fog this morning when I left for gym. Back home then back to work. It’s been cloudy and drizzly all day with rain supposedly moving in tonight and tomorrow.

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Sunday October 20, 2019

Posted on 20 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Last evening I left here around 6 to drive over to Mt. Airy to meet Bonnie at the Andy Griffith Playhouse to see the Bellamy Brothers. This was the first time for both us attending an event in this theater. It’s a nice, small theater with good acoustics. It looked to be a sell out crowd of all 359 seats.

They came on stage at 7:30 and played a solid hour and half of everything from their old songs 40 years ago to some of their newer stuff. They had a great backup band and put on a very enjoyable show. I made it back home around 10:15.

It poured rain all the way home until I turned off on the road that crosses over from 18 to my house but at least it wasn’t foggy.

We had a total of 2 inches of rain by this morning when I took Colin out. It was 47 degrees and still drippy but now the sun has come out and it’s warmed up into the low 60’s but breezy.

I did the usual house cleaning chores this morning. I’m grilling beef ribs for my dinner tonight and leftovers for another meal later in the week.

 

 

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Saturday October 19, 2019

Posted on 19 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

44 degrees and sunny this morning. Clouds and rain moving in this afternoon from hurricane Nestor. Temperatures are in the mid 50’s.

I worked downstairs about an hour and half this morning finishing up paint removal in the bedroom. Then Colin and I went outside to play ball and do a few gardening chores. I pulled the plants from a hanging pot on one of the shepherds crooks that was looking ugly. The frost did not get the vinca or the zinnia’s but the wind did. It tore the stalks and flattened the plants. I pulled all those up and ditched a couple of plants in pots on the steps that were finished.

By the time I finished those chores it was time for lunch. I have an assortment of indoor chores this afternoon while the clothes are washing and drying.

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Friday October 18, 2019

Posted on 18 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading Something Read Something Dead by Eva Gates.

37 degrees and sunny this morning when I left for the gym. The winds picked up by the time I headed back to the gym to work. Temperatures warmed up into the low 60’s this afternoon and the winds have died back down. Frost warning again tonight.

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Thursday October 17, 2019

Posted on 17 October 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

39 degrees, sunny, and windy when I left for the gym. Quick grocery store stop on the way back home then back to work. The winds have died down to 10 to 15 mph gusts from the over 50 last night and this morning and temperatures have warmed up to a balmy 49 degrees.

Frost advisory for tonight. If we do get a frost I doubt it will hurt the the bedding and hanging pots, especially the pots hanging from the porch. If it does I will pull them up Saturday. I have the potted plant in the scarecrow that sits on the edge of the porch up by the house so it should be okay.

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