Thursday July 6, 2023

Sunny and low 70’s when I left for Winston this morning.

I stopped at Home Depot to pick up another supply of bird seed then went across the road to meet Bonnie at Longhorn for lunch. We had a nice visit and the food was good.

From there on to my hair cut appointment then back up the road. It was low 90’s down in the flat lands. I hit a few off on showers on the way back home. Looks like it might have rained on the mountain but I don’t think I had more than just a quick shower here.

James had just finished my yard and was starting on the neighbors. Need to go pay James and water the plants.

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Wednesday July 5, 2023

Warm and humid today with highs in the low to mid 80’s. We had a gully washer in town around 3:30 but not a drop fell here the house. Rats! Still some grey clouds around but I am not hopeful.

We had a very busy morning at the bookstore. Thing calmed down later in the afternoon but we still almost broke the $200.00 ceiling which a great day for a Wednesday. Lot’s of folks in town for the 4th.

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Tuesday July 4, 2023

Happy 4th of July.

It’s sunny and breezy with temperatures in low 80’s and humidity in the low 60’s.

I spent the morning vacuuming and dusting the downstairs rooms. Then went outside to water some of the smaller pots and fill the bird feeders.

That’s about it for me for today.

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Monday July 3, 2023

Mostly cloudy today with temperatures in the low 80’s and very breezy. Chance of thunderstorms maybe later this afternoon. There were storms in the area last night but I did not get one here at the house.

Gym and grocery store this morning. Picked up the usual milk. juice, and salad mix. Kielbasa was a two for so I picked up that and a couple of other odds and ends.

I dead headed the flowers and pulled a few weeds from the area in the front of the porch. The rest of the ground is too dry to pull so I gave up and called it a day outside.

 

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Sunday July 2, 2023

Warm, sunny, and windy today with highs in the mid 80’s. Haze from the wild fires still hanging around.

It’s Sunday so it’s the usual house cleaning and laundry chores today. Need to take care of some first of the month bills and spreadsheets and do a couple of things on my inside to do list this afternoon.

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Saturday July 1, 2023

Sunny, warm, and breezy today with highs in the low 80’s.

Today was a busy day in town. Food trucks were there from 9 to 3. Then the July 4th parade was at 2pm. Music on Main was supposed to be from 5 to 9. They announced yesterday they would move it inside due to possible storms this afternoon and evening.

It was half price paperback sale at the store. We stayed open until 6:15. Crowds had thinned out by then since they moved the music inside to the Muddy Creek which is three blocks down the street from us. But, we did break the $200.00 ceiling so a good day all around.

 

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Friday June 30, 2023

Sunny, warm, and hazy today with temperatures in the mid 80’s.

We started off slow at the bookstore this morning. Then the afternoon was super busy until time to close. We broke the $100.00 ceiling. Had a lot of visitors as well as some regular customers. Also, quit a few small donations to work on in between customers. Did the end of the month deposit. June was a very good month for us in both sales and donations.

 

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Thursday June 29, 2023

Sunny, breezy, and warm with temperatures in the low 80’s and 60% humidity. We have haze from the wild fires but not thick like it is north of us.

I went to the gym, library, and bank this morning. Then I spent an hour or so weeding the butterfly garden and trimming the tall stuff of the quince bush and did some weeding along the driveway and around the mail box. Despite all the rain last week the ground is dry as well as all the hanging pot so I watered everything real good before calling it a day.

Chicken in the crock pot for dinner.

 

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Wednesday June 28, 2023

Warm, sunny, and breezy with temperatures in the upper 70’s We are finally getting summer time temperatures. However, the wild fire smoke is back.

We had a very busy day at the bookstore. Lot’s of out of town regulars as well as first time visitors. We easily broke the $200.00 ceiling which is great for a Wednesday.

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Tuesday June 27, 2023

Sunny and breezy with temperatures in the low 70’s when I left for Winston this morning.

I stopped in Clemmons to pick up Nancy then we drove on to Winston to meet Betsy for lunch at River Birch. After we finished eating we sat outside on the bench to visit for awhile longer.

Nancy’s grand daughter was stopping over with her 18 month old son this afternoon. I stayed to visit with them for awhile before I headed back up the mountain.

It was upper 80’s and breezy down the mountain. It’s still in the mid 70’s here and very breezy. Not sure if it’s haze or return smoke hanging over the mountain.

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