49 degrees, partly cloudy, and calm this morning.
I did a load of laundry this morning, sprayed some more Roundup along the mulch beds, and put the cushions on the porch furniture. Frances and Al arrived at 11. We spent the afternoon relaxing then fixed dinner.
Tonight we are watching the semi finals of the NCAA tournament.
I am reading Vineyard Shadows by Philip R, Craig
44 degrees and drizzling this morning when I left for the gym. Quick workout, home, and back to work my shift.
It’s been raining all day going back and forth from pouring down to just drizzle and keeping temperatures in the upper 40’s.
44 degrees, sunny, and calm when I left for the gym this morning. I made a grocery store stop on the way home then back to work my midday shift. It’s been another beautiful day with temperatures in the mid 60’s and lots of sunshine. We have rain moving in late tonight.
44 degrees, sunny, and breezy this morning. I left mid morning for Lewisville, a small town this side of Winston to meet for lunch with Nancy and Marcy.
It is a beautiful day with clear blue skies and warm temperatures. It was almost 70 degrees down the mountain and close to 60 here but a bit more windy.
Busy day as I had to make it back to Sparta in time for my staff meeting at the gym.
33 degrees, cloudy, and calm this morning. I did my volunteer shift at the bookstore. The sun came out mid morning but, like yesterday, deceptive when you are inside looking outside. Temperatures are only in the mid 40’s but no wind.
I finished off the four wheel barrel loads of mulch in the little bed by the side porch and topping off the beds along the driveway. Without the wind it was warm enough for me to be in shirt sleeves.
28 degrees, sunny, and calm when I left for the gym this morning. When I got back home I dug up the aster that is in the little bed by the side porch. It wanted to split it and replant it before I mulched that bed which is all I left to do for the mulching project.
I planted part back in the bed and part in the bed by the driveway. I also sprayed Roundup along the edges of the mulch beds to keep the grass from growing over and hit some of the weeds that have already grown up through the mulch.
By the time I finished it was time to shower and eat lunch before I had to leave again. I drove over to Ennis to pick up JoAnn then we went to the Friends of the Library meeting. Her husband has her car. She came home with me and he will pick her up later this afternoon when I gets off from work.
It’s a lovely sunny day but very chilly. Temperatures are just barely in the 40’s and breezy.
45 degrees, cloudy, and windy this morning. That will be the high for the day. Gusty winds and falling temperatures for the remainder of the day going back down into the low 20’s tonight.
I’ve had a busy morning. I changed the sheets. While they were washing I emptied the freezer in the garage to defrost then started on the house cleaning; bathrooms, vacuuming, dusting, etc. While the freezer finished its defrost I paid the first of the month bills and organized my desk.
This afternoon I need to wash the towel load.
51 degrees, partly cloudy, and calm this morning. I left here around 8:30 to meet some other volunteers on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Parts of the Parkway and all public services are not yet open for the tourist season. Our Friends of the Parkway group did a couple of workdays during the week to start clearing brush from the camp ground areas but I had to work those days.
We had about 12 this morning to work moving more brush and limbs from the tent camp sites. With all the wind and ice there is so much debris down some of it completely covering the camping sites. We worked moving it out to the roads in the camp ground to where the brush and mulching trucks can get to it. The areas along the Parkway itself are covered in downed trees and debris, all of which has to be cleaned up before it can open to the public in May. The Parkway maintenance staff do not have enough people to get all this mess cleared up so they depend on the volunteer groups along the Parkway in NC and VA to help. We will have another work day a couple of weeks from today.
It is a nice day today with temperatures in the low 60’s with some sunshine and not much wind.
52 degrees, mostly sunny, and breezy when I left for the gym this morning. Home, shower, play with the dog, and back to work the midday shift.
Mostly sunny all day today with temperatures in the low 60’s. Mid 40’s tonight it’s only temporary as more cold weather is just around the corner.
I am reading Murder on Union Square by Victoria Thompson.
34 degrees, sunny, and calm when I left for the gym this morning. It’s been a beautiful, sunny, day but I was inside working the midday shift at the gym. Temperatures have warmed up to a balmy 60’s degrees with just a bit of a breeze.
