Frost on the Pumpkin

Jack Frost has finally arrived here. We have frosty patterns on everything except ourselves!
Big, comfy living room furniture arrived yesterday. Anybody that comes to visit us will enjoy sitting on the sofa or easy chairs. We did realize though that the furniture show room is much larger than our living room.
We are in the midst of Thanksgiving preparations and giving thanks while we do it.

News from Lake Adger

Cathy at Christmas, 1965




Buck Fever
As I sat at my desk this morning I saw a white-tail buck cross the mid-reaches of our property, between the house and the road. He walked with a limp, favoring his right foreleg. No outward sign of injury and hunting season has not opened yet so I assume he was grazed by a car.

I saw a buck and three does while I was driving in from town on Wednesday. We see deer beside the road or crossing it almost every time we venture out.

We await the first real cold snap of the winter. The weather people predict a low of 27 for Thursday night-Friday morning.

But that is not the big news. I have buried the lead. That's what professionals say when they bury the most important part of a story somewhere down around the sixth paragraph.

We have been told that our living room furniture will be delivered Friday, Nov. 18, Tomorrow! That is 115 days after we placed the order at the Hickory Furniture Mart. After it arrives and we determine it is perfect I will post pictures of the beautiful hand-rubbed leather chairs and sleeper sofa. I will not post pictures of my happy butt after it is freed from the hard wood bottom of my current chair.

Fall leaves

Where do all these leaves come from? And why don't they stay on the trees where they belong, instead of on my driveway and deck? Four hours spent cleaning and mulching leaves, only to see twice as many gathering again. Lots of work but they sure are pretty.

This has been an easy Saturday -- about 33 degrees at dawn, warming up to 68 this afternoon. Sylvia went to a meeting of her hiking club while I continued work in the garage. One of these days I will have the house squared away, the garage organized, the basement finished and then will wonder what to do with my time. I know. I can write.

Fall in the Mountains

Fall in the Blue Ridge Mountains is just glorious.