Thursday May 16, 2019

Posted on 16 May 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

51 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning. I am leaving today on my first mini vacation since Bob died. A friend and I are driving the Blue Ridge Parkway south heading toward Hayesville, NC for tonight’s stay. Tomorrow afternoon we arrive in Brasstown for a weekend at the John Campbell Folk School. Regular readers know I have been several times in the past. .

Between Colin and other commitments I did not feel I could be away an entire week so we are going just for the three day weekend classes. Al is here to take care of Colin and the home front.

See you next week.

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Wednesday May 15, 2019

Posted on 15 May 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

51 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning when I left for the gym. I made a quick grocery store stop on the way home. Sunny and cool again today and just a light breeze with temperatures in the low to mid 60’s.

I checked on the garden this morning. Looks like everything I planted is coming up except the zucchini. I used the hoe to gently dig the weeds and grass around the taters and veggies and pushed up more dirt around the tater plants. After hoeing out the section for the zucchini I created new hills and planted more seeds. I will wait until the first of June to put in another row of green beans.

The peas and one squash plant in the deck pots are doing great but still no sign of carrots.

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Tuesday May 14, 2019

Posted on 14 May 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

49 degrees with partly sunny skies and 20 mph wind gusts. The high today is only to be in the mid 50’s with those 20 mph wind gusts and partly cloudy skies.

I volunteered a shift at the bookstore this morning.

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Monday May 13, 2019

Posted on 13 May 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading Shiver Hitch by Linda Greenlaw.

57 degrees and cloudy with 20 mph wind gusts when I left for the gym this morning. Temperatures barely made it into the 60’s today with lots of gusty winds and partly cloudy skies.

I worked a shift at the gym today.

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Sunday May 12, 2019

Posted on 12 May 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

62 degrees and cloudy this morning. Another day of off and on rain showers. We’ve had about 2 inches since yesterday morning. Thankfully, no thunderstorms. High today of only 67 and a low tonight back down into the upper 40’s.

I did the usual house cleaning chores this morning, tidied my desk, and took care of the weekly bills and paperwork. I have a batch of homemade bread rising on the counter, chicken in the crock pot for dinner, and load of towels in the washer.

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Saturday May 11, 2019

Posted on 11 May 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

65 degrees and raining this morning. Rain, thunderstorms, and chilly temperatures today and tonight.

Despite the nasty day I went over to the local farmer’s market this morning. The bookstore is setting up a table this year with gardening, herb, and cooking books. Instead of selling them we are just asking for a donation. We are doing it more for publicity for us and to support the local market. At least it’s covered and has a poured cement floor with room for 20 or so vendors, usually the same ones every week, selling a few crafts, veggie plants, baked goods, etc.

I’m a backup person for the couple that are doing it every week so I went over to check it out and see where we set up.

Laundry this afternoon and assorted other projects.

 

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Friday May 10, 2019

Posted on 10 May 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

61 degrees, cloudy, and calm this morning when I left for the gym. Despite the mostly cloudy skies during the day no rain making it only the 4th dry Friday here in Sparta out of 16. Temperatures made it into the low 70’s.

I worked my midday shift at the gym.

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Thursday May 9, 2019

Posted on 9 May 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

It was 61 degrees, cloudy, and calm this morning when I left for the gym. Grocery store stop on the way back home then back to the gym to work.

Cloudy with the wind picking up this afternoon but fortunately the rain held off so James could mow the lawn. The rain is supposed to come in tonight.

 

 

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Wednesday May 8, 2019

Posted on 8 May 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

62 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning when I left for the gym. From there I drove over to Galax, VA to go to Lowe’s to pick up a couple of things I needed for house and garden projects.

One of the plants went in the wire planter on the porch and one in a pot by the garage door. It was time for a shower, lunch, and back into town for a staff meeting.

 

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Tuesday May 7, 2019

Posted on 7 May 2019 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

62 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning. I volunteered at the bookstore this morning. We had a 30% chance of rain today with a high in the upper 60’s. The 30% started falling about 1 o’clock. It’s still raining lightly but the sun looks like it’s trying to come back out.

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