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Posted on 10/14/2018 5:02:41 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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The house has been comfy today with the wind out of the south. It gets chilly when the wind blows from the north. I do have sox on though. LOL! Hope you find yours quickly.
Poor kittens. This is all new to them. And with it being so warm so late, they don’t have winter coats yet. :-(
Yesterday kicked my hiney. We were soooooo busy the whole day but it was fun. A few people came in just before closing time so we closed almost an hour later than usual.
Oh my goodness, mountainlion....stay warm!
Are you a hunter? Dinner walking by? What a cool “picture”.
Nights are starting to drop into the 30s, but days are still bringing rain...almost every day for the next week.
Good evening, radu...did you have a quiet day?
I had to go get gas, and a couple other short errands. Laundry is now done and I’m working on some more homework. I think I’ll watch a movie a little later and veg before going to work tomorrow. And it looks like some rain every day for the next week is in the offing.
Miss you, too! Wish we could get together more often than once a year!
I do feel sorry for the little things. They were running all over the place earlier trying to get away from the cold wind. There are warm spots. I have a towel in a barrel that is turned on its side...facing south... for them, the shed has a puffy mattress cover, and the carrier has a fuzzy throw. But there is still a cold wind.
I’m glad yesterday was a good one at the museum. It’s good to be busy when it’s doing something that you love and that will benefit so many people! When does it close for the winter? I know you told me, but I have forgotten.
Hey there, Kathy.
It was a pretty quiet day here. Had to make a quick store run and just did some light housework.
It was a little warmer than we expected but was windy and cloudy. Rain wasn’t too far off but we didn’t get any. Going to cool back off tomorrow, then warm back up a touch Wed. Next weekend we’ll cool off quite a bit.
At least you’re getting rain this week and not snow! :-)
Good evening, Luv...a true hero. He was a pilot that made sure his men were able to get out of the burning plane and knowing that he probably would not.
My goodness....that’s pretty chilly for you!
Yeah, cold wind takes all the fun out of it when stuck outside. I hope they have enough sense to use the warm spots you’ve set up for them.
All of us had dragging tail feathers when we left yesterday but we had smiles on our faces. Met a lot of nice people. There was a bluegrass festival going on at a big cave close by and those festivals pull people from all over, especially northern states. I took two couples from WA and one from MI through.
Our last day open will be the Sat. before Thanksgiving. I have a feeling I’ll get to go up there at times during the winter to work on more uniforms. Parker was going to get the big tote of WWI uniforms out of the shop building yesterday but I asked him to wait, much as I hated to. There’s nowhere to hang them right now. He’s going to do some work upstairs to make more room, though, and when he does I’m ready to go! I’ve been dying to get my hands on those uniforms for months.
That’s what heroes do. It’s very sad that he couldn’t be saved, too.
It is pretty chilly all right. It’s now 40 and with the 17 mph wind, it “feels like” 31. I hope hubby’s plants survive the night. He has no place to bring them into.
I saw one in the carrier, but I should have battened down the towel I had draped over the outside, because it blew up and exposed the air vents in the side. I’m not sure about the barrel, but they’re on their own. Peaches went out earlier and if I open that door......No worries, he DOES have a winter coat.
I hope they do find a place for the uniforms, because I think you’d miss that place if you weren’t able to go do some work there.
I’ve kept my Mom’s geraniums...I’ve taken care of them for about 5 years. Today I brought them in and got them set up on the downstairs’ counter in the big shallow pan. I just pour water in the pan and all of them can get a drink. In a week or so I will plug in the light on a timer and they will get light all winter.
With it being so cold, it might be a good idea to tape some plastic - maybe some cellophane - around the section of the carrier with the holes in it. Then put the towel over it and batten it down. The combination would stop the air flow and will help hold in their body heat.
If Peaches has a decent winter coat, maybe the others do to.
There are several kitchen cabinets still in their boxes upstairs that they plan to move out. That will give room to suspend the other 10-foot pipe they got a while back to hang uniforms on. That will hold a lot of uniforms - - the current one sure does.
There will be work done up there over the winter. They’re going to put in a couple more toilets, I know. I’m sure more totes of items will be sorted through to put more things n display and that will primarily be done on weekends. Once there’s a place to hang them, I’ll be able to work on uniforms when someone will be there to let me in.
Or I can help Laura go through books and photos. There are a lot of those and that’s been her project. Maybe we’ll find more cool things that need translating, like those little German cards. Translating those was fun.
How's everyone doing this morning?
Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))
Were you able to get out to the lake with Gizmo yesterday?
Expecting any snow in your area when the front rolls through?
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