Diaries

30 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning. We had a fairly heavy frost last night which will not bother the potatoes. I left around 8:15 to head to Winston for a haircut and Costco run. On the way back up 421 I detoured slightly to make a stop at the Amish market.

I noticed going 77 south this morning to 421 part of the northbound 77 lanes were down to one lane. They have started some kind of road project, Coming back up 421 I noticed traffic was almost at the standstill where I get off to go north toward home.

After I left the Amish market I tried a new back way to keep from having to go back down and get on 77. It’s was a nice drive through mostly farming country. Anyway, I ended up where I needed to be to go through Elkin, get on 21, and back up the mountain.

My two scoops of mulch arrived while I was gone. I may go out an get started on that this afternoon. It’s only 47 but the sun is out and the wind is not blowing.

47 degrees, partly sunny, and calm this morning when I left for the gym.

I’ve been having problems with my flip phone hookup to my car. I tried to fix it myself but never could get the phone and the car to talk even though the car and phone said they were connected.

Not having anything important to do today I made an appointment with Jody at Subaru, where I bought the car, in Boone for this afternoon. Subaru is just outside the Boone and the campus. It’s has gotten so big since I was there 40+ years ago. Anyway, I left in time to make a quick drive into Boone to see how things looked. I stopped at a Wendy’s for lunch since we don’t have one here and then on to my appointment. Jody had to uninstall the connection and reconnect from my phone to get things working again.

It was sunny here and warm down the mountain. Trees and bushes were in bloom. It started raining while I was in Boone and rained all the way home. It’s a nice drive with beautiful scenery with or without sunshine.