Monday August 22, 2022

Mostly sunny today with a high in the mid 70’s.  The weather gods missed it completely yesterday. A brief shower early in the morning then in the afternoon it cleared up and no rain at all. Very little chance for today.

I did yard chores this morning. Trimmed down the tall flowers in the butterfly garden, dead headed flowers, and pulled grass and weeds. I watered the hanging pots but with very little chance of rain I will most likely need to water the other pots this afternoon.

 

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Sunday August 21, 2022

Today is overcast and cool with temperatures in the low 70’s and off and on rain/thunderstorms all day.

I did a good vacuuming and dusting this morning since I let it go last week to work in the yard. Bathrooms are cleaned and things are tidy once again.

I have a load of laundry and the towels to do this afternoon.

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Saturday August 20, 2022

Mostly sunny this morning. Temperatures today were in the low to mid 70’s but it was humd.

I spent the day at the bookstore. We had a brief rain shower around mid afternoon than the sun came back out. It was a busy day at the store with a lot of out of town visitors. We almost broke the $200 dollar ceiling today.

Jo was volunteering at the historical museum next door. She got off at 3 and hung out until we closed up the store at 4 then we went to the Pizzeria for dinner which is just a couple of blocks down from the store in town. It has just started to drizzle when we left the store.

It was still drizzling when I left the Pizzeria but it is raining a little harder here at the house.

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Friday August 19, 2022

Over night rains ended up being a little over 2 inches by this morning. The fog burned off early but temperatures did not get out of the 60’s. It has been mostly sunny all day. The clouds gathering back over the mountain may or may not make it here.

I was at the store today. Not as busy a day as we usually have on a Friday. We did not break our $100 ceiling. Things are beginning to wind down in town. From now until late fall it will be up and down days.

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Thursday August 18, 2022

I left for Winston around 11 to meet the girls from the Firm for lunch at the Toastery. It was good to see them and have lunch together.

From there I ran a couple of errands then went on to my haircut appointment and back home.

It was in the low 80’s down there but the high up here is only in the upper 60’s. James was just finishing up mowing my neighbor’s yard when I got to the house. I went up to have a quick chat and pay him. Whew, long day.

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Wednesday August 17, 2022

Mostly sunny this morning with a low in the upper 50’s. Clouds rolled in this afternoon bringing a light rain shower that lasted 30 minutes or so.

I was at the bookstore all day. We were sort of busy with mostly out town visitors. We did not quite crack the $100 ceiling today but came close. I did get much of the rain here that fell in town. We had a brief shower early this morning. So, all told,  maybe half an inch in all.

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Tuesday August 16, 2022

Clouds, drizzle, and fog today with temperatures this morning in the low 60’s and will pretty much stay there all day. Storms off and on yesterday brought another inch and half of rain.

I drove over to Galax, VA this morning to do a Wal-Mart run. Needed to look for a couple of non-food items and stocked up on pantry items. Found most of what I was looking for.

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Monday August 15, 2022

Storms yesterday afternoon and last night brought around an inch and half of rain. This morning temperatures were in the upper 60’s with heavy fog.

The sun came out while I was at the gym When I got home George and Johnny were finishing up putting the deck floor in. He left the rails up until he can get the cables and mounting hardware in to replace those.

They finished up and had just left when the bottom fell out. It’s supposed to rain most the afternoon and tonight. I am working some more on the downstairs bookshelves today.

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Sunday August 14, 2022

I cleaned the bathrooms this morning then went outside to catch up on gardening chores.

The hanging baskets and pots on the porch needed watered. Grass and weeds needed pulled and flowers deadheaded. I found some more ground cover that is coming up in off and on places to move to more spots along the driveway.

It was sunny and 70 degrees when I went out with a breeze. I did not water the ground plants and the other pots since we have a lot of rain in the forecast over the next few day. Sure enough, the clouds are rolling in this afternoon and it looks like it will pour down any minute.

Catching up on the laundry this afternoon and the doing weekly towel load.

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Saturday August 13, 2022

Mostly sunny today with temperatures in the low 70’s. A beautiful day in the mountains.

I was at the store all day. We were busy off and on but did not have as many customers as we normally have for a Saturday. The fiddler’s convention is today over in Galax, VA so they may have drawn some of our usual tourist crowd. We did however, break the $100 ceiling at least.

 

 

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