Gym and grocery store this morning. Although it was warm and humid today with partly cloudy skies summer is starting to wind down. I took down four of the five hanging pots from the porch and tossed the plants. The dirt went in the garden. I also had to toss out one of the plants from the front porch and pull a couple from a mixed planter on the steps. I did get two zucchini from the garden.
This afternoon I did a volunteer shift at the bookstore.
I am reading Off Season by Philip R. Craig.
Gym this morning. Today’s weather is warmer with higher humidity and partly cloudy skies. It poured down rain while I was working at the gym this afternoon for about 15 minutes but not a drop fell here at the house.
The usual house cleaning chores this morning. I also tidied up the garage and finished sorting and putting away stuff from the old car I wanted to keep but not put in the car. I scrapped the paint off the windows of the side door from the painting project and filled the newly painted bird feeder.
Partly sunny today and breezy with a bit warmer temperatures. There is a slight chance of some rain this afternoon.
I am reading Flash by Donna Ball.
Chore day today. I started a load of clothes washing while I changed the linens on the bed and read the paper. Once I had the clothes in the dryer Colin and I went outside to enjoy another beautiful day in the mountains. Low temperatures, mostly sunny, a slight breeze, and low humidity.
I spray painted the bird feeder then put another coat on the door frame and door. By the time I finished those two jobs it was time to come in for a water break, fold the clothes and fix an early lunch. After lunch I put the sheets in to wash then went out and put another spray coat on the feeder before heading to the garden.
The grass was trying to take over along the edges and in some places in the garden. I wanted to get it somewhat under control until Al has time to come up and till. I was going to pull the zucchini plants but I harvested one off of each plant and there are still a couple on there growing. I picked three tomatoes and took those and the zucchini over to Vicki.
Colin had a good time running around and keeping an eye on me while I worked. I finished in the garden and did one side of the driveway mulch. Even though it’s a nice, cool day I still get hot, sweaty, and nasty. I cleaned up the painting mess and emptied the wheel barrow before closing up everything to come in for a shower. We’ll spend some more time this afternoon outside enjoying the nice weather
Gym this morning. It’s another fall teaser day with clear blue skies, slight breeze, cool temperatures and low humidity.
I scraped as much of he loose paint from the boards around the side door then put on a coat of heavy duty white base paint on the framing and the door. That door/side of the house gets the brunt of the bad weather and had not been touched since the house was built 12 years ago. This was on last years project list and I never go around to getting it done. It may need a second coat.
I hosed out the feeder on the post by the front window. It also needs repainted again. I did it once a couple of months ago but the raccoon got up there and scratched all the paint off trying to get in the feeder. I’ll let it dry good today and paint it this weekend.
I just finished reading Murder At The Puppy Fest by Laurien Berenson.
I spent the morning putting stuff in the new car from the old car and getting familiar with the car before I took off for the gym to work my shift.
Behind all the rain yesterday came a nice cold front bringing fall like weather as a teaser. Temperatures were in the upper 50’s this morning with a high today of only 72, breezy, sunny skies, and low humidity. It will turn warm again but fall really is not far around the corner up here in the mountains.
It’s been a long but rewarding. I drove over to Boone, NC, about an hour and half away this morning to the Modern Subaru dealership. The only Subaru dealership close by is in Winston but it is owned by a guy that I would not buy a car from.
I had planned to drive over and just look around to see what 2018’s they still had on the lot. It’s not a big dealership and they only had one of the model I wanted on the lot. After I test drove it I fell in love with the feel of the car as compared to my HHR. Since I’ve sold the Trooper I do not have a reliable bad weather car. The HHR is okay on dry pavement but on wet pavement it drives worse and snow it is horrible. Plus it’s front wheel drive, which was my first and last of those I will ever buy. And, it was raining when I test drove the car so I was able to really see how it handled on mountain roads in the rain.
About half the population of Sparta drives some model of Subaru. So, I decided to go with my gut and do the deal. However, I did not go armed with title to the car nor my checkbook. So, I drove back home, let the dog out, grabbed a quick snack and what I needed and headed back to Boone.
Gym, library, bank, and grocery store this morning. Cloudy and humid today with a chance of heavy rain/storms this afternoon. I checked the garden and found a couple of zucchini and some tomatoes ready to pick. We’ve had short rain showers over the last couple of days for a total of about an inch. I weeded the mulched areas on both sides of the drive and in the butterfly garden while the ground is soft.
I am reading Vineyard Fear by Philip R. Craig.
Gym this morning, back home, shower, and head back to work from 11:00 to 4:00.
Partly cloudy today and cool but humid. It sprinkled once during midday then the sun came out. Looks like it might pour rain any minute.
