Well all of that beautiful weather has slipped out of the area and winter has set in at least for now. There is a forecast for 1-3 inches of the cold white stuff this week-end with 3-6 inches in elevations higher than we are, yikes! Yesterday, Wednesday saw us with a few sprinkles of rain and rough looking clouds as the front was clearly visible heading south from the frozen north over the mountains.
We started the day with a 7:30 roll out to moderate temps. I piddled around outside in the back woods yard after a lite breakfast of a couple hard boiled eggs and my cup of hot green tea with a little cinnamon and honey and a few quiet moments. I'm still in disbelief over the passing of a dear sweet classmate who we just hugged and chatted with this September at our 50th class reunion. She was fine the night before celebrating with family and friends while on vacation to warm Florida and was gone the next day. She was the 33rd classmate that we know of that has died since we graduated in 1964; of course there are about 20 or so members we have had no contact with ever since graduation.
I headed down to neighbor Gerald's as our mountain handy man Dean Todd came by to clean Gerald's chimney. We fashioned a rope crossing the roof which helped Dean to get to the top of the chimney while using a large brush to break loose the soot buildup and then scoop the debris from the clean out access down below. That was a tense moment for Dean as he was at least 25-30 feet above the ground on a slick tin roof. The soot buildup was at least a couple feet up and into the chimney which amazed me as we used wood for heat most all of my life on the farm and we never had the chimney cleaned out or had it stopped up to my knowledge.
Nancy had a 1:30 doctor's appointment in Independence, Va. with our infamous Doctor K. We thoroughly trust his care for us and while we have grown to laugh at some of his bedside abruptness he is very knowledgeable when it comes to health care. Nancy got her flu shot as well. We then headed to Galax for some shopping with stops in Old Galax for some goodies for our friend Kathryn then off to gas up at 2.79 a gallon before stopping at Wal-Mart and then to Lowes. It was going on 5'ish before we got back to the cabin and the chill in the air was quite evident. Nancy put a couple spuds in the oven to bake along with some cod filets added later to compliment a small salad. I slathered my tater with jalapeno pepper from the garden, sour cream and butter, yikes was that ever tasty.
Well after the cleanup we settled into the Fox News and once more we are reminded of the lack of leadership in D.C. as now the military will be quarantined after returning from Africa but not civilians, unbelievable how incompetent this administration shows it's self to be, oh well. I settled into the final and deciding game of the Series and the Giants won in a close game 3-2 and only by a great play made by a rookie second baseman that seemed to be the difference in the outcome of the game. After being away from the big show for 29 years the Royals showed up finally and were awesome in their effort, LATER
