Second snow of the season

The weatherman was correct this time. Snow started about 11am. WRAL says it will snow all night. My weather app says it will stop this evening. We'll see. It is SO beautiful. I love a good snowfall. I put out extra birdseed this morning so that the birds could fill up before the storm. They've been at it most of the day. Then I looked out my window a few minutes ago and saw a big hawk sitting on the ground. When he flew off, I saw he had caught a little bird. Oh well, they need to eat too. It's the circle of life. I sent Mal after some soy milk, Hershey's chocolate syrup and whip cream before the weather got too bad. We can enjoy a nice cup of hot chocolate while we watch the snow come down. As long as the power stays on, we will have a wonderful evening watching TV. Currently we are binging "Doc Martin". Great show. I still have to "work" but things are pretty quiet at the moment. Life is good.

Grandboys

Crochet Christmas Ornaments

I found an easy crochet pattern for little sweater ornaments and got busy making a bunch of them. I made some for Bert's family and she sent a picture. I also made the snowflake. We won't be putting up a tree this year. We dragged the tree out of the shed, but couldn't find the base, so at this late date we decided to give up. Oh well, better luck next year.

pre-Christmas visit

I was feeling the need to go see the grandboys. I wanted to see little Milo before he left for college. I drove up north the day after Thanksgiving. Traffic was light, it was an easy 5 hour drive. I came back Sunday and the traffic was considerably worse. It took 7 1/2 hours to get home. Traffic was moving, it was just busy and slow. The boys are doing great and that little Milo is just the cutest thing ever. Also, Maka was happy to see me. That dog loves me.

October 2024

Carrboro Music Festival 2024

Sunday, Sept 29. Skies were clear blue and beautiful in the early afternoon...but it was hot and humid. I wish they would schedule this festival later in the year. It's always so hot in September. But, nevertheless, the Blusterfields played a great set. I would have liked to hang around a little while, but I needed to retreat into an air-conditioned room.

They played on this nice stage behind Twin House Music. Much better than the set-up last year. But still, they played first, before a lot of people had even arrived and they were a little bit too far from the center of the action. None of the musicians get to decide when or where they play and since 300 bands apply for the available 100 slots, its a "take it or leave it" situation.

Hurricane Helene

Helene came up through the Gulf, landed in the big bend area of Florida then tracked nothwest though Georgia and the NC mountains. Areas west of us, around Asheville, were absolutely devasted. They had catastrophic flooding. Roads and bridges washed out. Homes destroyed. We were very lucky here. Just some rain. Those poor people in the mountains are without power, WiFi, food, water, gas, transportation...it's really bad. How in the world do you recover from something like this?