Tuesday, October 28, 2008

First snow

Last Fall, our first little tidbit of snow occurred in early November. You could barely tell it had snowed. Yesterday, we got about 2 inches on our little mountain. The high yesterday was 47 and the low yesterday occurred after at a chilly 27 degrees. It was 27 degrees at midnight and this morning the low thus far is 21. Now that is cold, especially for Fall. The wind has roared all night, too. Cadie came in from the north deck last night and there was the beginning of the snow on her back.



We have gotten about 2.5 inches so far and it is still snowing.

Hummmmm, I wonder what limerick comes to mind?

The beauty of new fallen snow
Is awesome, don't you know?
So delicate and white
As it falls thru the night,
and it still has a long way to go



And a very happy birthday to our youngest daughter who was born on this day 40 years ago at 2:12 PM in Charlotte, NC.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

"Oh, Lord"

Well, I was sitting here at the computer reading blogs and making comments while Wayne was in the kitchen making breakfast (or so I thought). Suddenly, I hear a "Oh, Lord" from the other room. I hollered out, "What's wrong?" and got no answer. He sounded so ominous that it scared me so I got up and headed for the kitchen saying again, "What's wrong?" No answer. I was in the hall and then said, "Where are you?" He spoke and I realized his voice was coming from our bathroom. He said, "I've done something worse than you did." Meaning, that with his last haircut I accidentally gaped a small place on the back of his head because I did not realize there was no guard on the clippers to keep one from cutting the hair too short. It grew out quickly and was barely noticed (no pun intended) by others. The following pics will give you some idea of his dilemma. He was busy cutting away on his hair (hasn't been to a barbershop in many months due to the expense) and forgetting that he did not have a guard on the clippers, he ran a streak from the middle of his neck all the way to the front. That's when he calmly but ominously spoke those two words a spouse does not like to hear: "Oh, Lord"

So, now you get to see the outcome. That first pic doesn't look toooo bad but look at the other two.


We worked on getting the cut to look as decent as we could and he will probably wear a cap constantly for the next couple of weeks. Interestingly enough, we have house guests coming today. My first cousin, Anna, and her husband, Scott, are spending the weekend and we are going to drive across the mountains and look at the Fall foliage. I haven't see this cousin in 11 years! We have never met her husband of five years. So this is a big day, guys. They will most likely get a big kick out of the whole thing. Good conversation piece, I'd say.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Narrow Squeak? Blessed by God

Well, here it is. A few weeks back on my way to an appointment in Asheville, on a rainy day, and running late, I slid off the slick gravel road before I even got past our property. The pictures show the damage pretty well. I was quite upset but feel very blessed that I was not hurt.





















It should also tell you how frightening it was when I came to a stop, leaning like you can see in the pic.




























The last pic shows the car as it is being pulled back onto the road. I was able to get out of the car before they hooked it up and pulled it.
The car is now as good as new and yes, I am again driving, but more carefully.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Weekend Visitors




My cousin Anna is coming
We must quickly start humming
A very merry tune
We'll be learning soon
Will surely be aided with drumming.

Our desire is to hug
Even maybe cut a rug
And colorful leaves we will see
On many a tree
Giving our heartstrings a wonderful tug.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Autumn and Brothers Three

Wayne and I went on the Parkway yesterday to look at the Autumn beauty. We do love it here in these mountains. Even though the leaves are not yet peaked they were still awesome. We had a bite of lunch we had taken with us at an overlook site. Wayne shot video and I took stills.

While I was at it, I wrote my latest limerick yesterday in reminder of our recent visit with Wayne's 2 brothers. Enjoy.
















A visit from brothers is great
And we just had one of late
Together we did dine
With a dinner so fine
To bid them farewell, we did hate

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

I know, I know... it's been a while so here goes

There once was a grandson named Evan
Whose wit I adore, oh my heaven
But the only word I can find
That will now rhyme
Is that his age is much greater than seven

There once was a son we call Tag
Now I really don't like to brag
But his wit is so charmin'
I don't feel no harm in
Sounding perhaps like a drag