Cool weather

We woke up to temperatures in the upper 30’s. Right now I’m in the loft and it’s kinda chilly – no heat up here. The view is nice – with vegetation dying I can almost see the stream.

We worked outside some this week. I pulled out flowers from planters on the deck and stored the planters under the deck. I still have several planters out full of colorful flowers; including the hanging basket Nancy gave me. (Thank you Nancy!!) Last year I didn’t really winterize my plants in time. This year, I’m not making that mistake! I also cleaned out my dryer vent. Got up on a step stool and, using long tongs and a fork (hey, that grilling stuff is good for more than one thing) got a lot of lint out. Will vacuum it out soon – maybe tomorrow.

I’m just about done changing clothes from summer to fall/winter. Also I’m getting rid of things either we didn’t wear this summer or I know I won’t wear this winter. We are very relaxed in what we wear all the time. We are going to dress up for a wedding we are going to next week but that’s unusual. I enjoy not dealing with suits and heels.

I’m going to try making lasagna with the noodles you don’t cook first. It’s a good day to do some baking and the recipe sounded interesting. Off to the kitchen!  

The Boat Leaves the Water - Fall is HERE

No doubt about it…. Fall is here! We took the boat out of the water yesterday. It was a beautiful day. We had taken just about everything off the boat earlier so all we had to do was remove the lines and off B went… I drove the car over to the haul out place and waited… And, along came B steering around two ski jets with much skill!! Then around to the ramp where he only had to wait a little bit before the truck with the trailer came to lift him and the boat out of the water. He did a really GREAT job of running the boat up. Something I know I couldn’t do!! And as you can see, the ramp was quite busy. The boat was out and we went home… while the boat went to storage until next year.
 

A weekend to enjoy!

Several weeks ago, we decided to replace some of the glass in our windows. We have lots of windows!! And the seal on several has been broken between the two panes of glass. So we got all the front windows done (the house is a prow front and has 11 windows – floor to ceiling and we replaced 5. However, we realized we needed to replace a sixth. Originally we also had them measure for the windows in the loft as one is REALLY bad. They came, measured, gave us a price and we said OK. Then they came about a week ago to install the glass. Up in the loft, my desk and “stuff” is up against the windows. So, being the “prepared” person that I strive to be, I cleaned off my desk – including my computer, scanner, files I was working on, laser printer and other things I use on a regular basis. So they came in the afternoon and did the 5 downstairs windows and measured for the sixth. It was late – they left. OK, there is always tomorrow. Well, they haven’t been back. I believe they will be back when the sixth window comes in. B isn’t upset – we only paid a deposit and they left the loft windows leaning up against my desk (blocking the drawers with my files).I’m at loose ends…. And I’m NOT going to set everything up because you know they will come the next day. So, I moved the laser printer down to the kitchen and installed drivers on the lap top and so I’m computing full time in the kitchen or, as I am now, in the living room on battery. I AM NOT COMPLAINING… I am just simply saying, things are really different up here!! At least they came!!!

We worked outside today for a bit. It was gloomy but no rain. The stream in the back was quite noisy and full… racing down to the Lake. We had over 2 ¾ inches of rain over the past several days. It’s supposed to be nice Sunday and Monday.

Fall is here – leaves are turning and falling. The flowers are not growing any more. I’m starting to clear them out. We stacked the outside chairs up today. We left the table out due to the hope we can continue to use it for a bit. Last year we were going back and forth between Jersey and here as we prepared to sell our house. So, this is really the first time we have been here full time in the fall (even if officially Fall arrives later this week).

And I still love it up here. We are making new friends and some of our “old” friends came to visit. Hope all of you are doing well…..

More rain

It was really gloomy today. We woke up to rain… and it continued on and off all day. It was milder today as the temperatures were in the mid 60’s. It has been quite cool… and overnight temps in the mid 40’s. FALL IS HERE!! Even if it does get warmer over the weekend. The leaves are starting to turn and the plants are starting to droop.

We had planned on taking the boat out of the water… but the rain caused us to put that off until next week. We have everything off the boat but two life jackets. But with the rain it was smart to wait.

We have been busy around the house…. Putting away summer things. We have started to clean out the garage and plan for winter.

We tried out a new place for pizza yesterday and really liked it… We had leftover pot roast for dinner tonight.

There isn’t much on TV tonight.. thank heaven for books!!!!

Huricane Winds and Boats Don't Mix!

We had an exciting afternoon! Rain started last night and this morning the wind picked up. We had some errands to run in the morning and were sitting in the living room finishing lunch and looking at TV…and a car drove up and D came to the door – the lake was very rough and our boat had snapped a line. So, we quickly got ready, found some line, and took off to the docks. The view was incredible. The wind was coming right at the docks and kicking up white caps. The docks, which are floating, were bounding up and down and our boat is on the end of the dock. Armed with line, we careened down the dock waving back and forth to keep our balance. No time to be nervous…just get to the boat. When we got there, it was the bow starboard line that had snapped – the spring line had held. As the waves rolled in, the boat was lifted and was hitting the finger dock on the port side and almost up and over. We jumped on board to try to figure out what to do…knowing we needed to replace the snapped line. However, getting it off the boat cleats was the hard part as it was below the spring line and that was keeping the boat somewhat away from the dock. All this with the wind continuing, rain pouring and D and John, and George, another neighbor, offering suggestions and help. John had a heaver line. I got in the bow of the boat while B held on to me – couldn’t loosen the snapped rope… so, he handed me a knife, held on to my pants, and I used two hands to cut the line untie the spring line and attach the heavier line. All this with help in getting and tying the line from our friends. We all had trouble keeping our balance but by working together, the boat was “lashed down”. WOW!!!

So, we are back home, it’s still raining and blowing..and we are so grateful for the help of our friends…. THANKS!!!!!