Just Because

 

A sunny day! Finally!

Take care of yourselves and stay safe.  Life is good and God Bless America!

Just Something That Made Me Laugh

Thanks to I Can Haz Cheeseburger site for this!     

Stay safe people!  God Bless America! 

Yes.

 

Picture from I Can Haz Cheeseburger site  

Since I have a personal policy of not discussing politics, or religion, except with Les, all I will say is God Bless America!  Stay safe and take care of yourselves.  

The "Pre-Ian" Skies

The two evenings before Ian came through our area the first time, the sky looked like this.

Take care of yourselves!

Ian Just Won't Quit

Here is an update on how things are now.  We did have heavy rain and high winds with Ian coming through our area.  Our rain gauge was full and over five inches.  There was actually more than that because as high as the winds were, the rain would have blown past the gauge.  There was a big mess in the yard.  

Our power stayed on, and we have a generator in case it didn't.  Jacquie's house lost power for several hours and we told her they could come over here, but they wanted to stay put and see how things went.  They also had a big mess in their yard, but the twenty new pecans on their young tree survived and are still hanging on! This is the first year their tree has produced nuts. They have all been waiting anxiously for them. 😊

Pam said there were no bad effects from Ian at her house and they are doing okay.

We had no rain on Saturday and our backyard had dried enough for Les and I to spend a couple hours out there yesterday morning cleaning up.  There are six huge bags out at the curb for the bulk pick-up and also a pile of larger pieces too big to bag.

And........ now the remnants of Ian are coming back.  Closings started being announced yesterday afternoon.  We have wind warnings, flood warnings, heavy rain expected.  The temperature has dropped and it "feels like" 41 according to the forecast.  I'll let you know how this goes.

Take care of yourselves and stay safe.  Life is good, stay positive, and God Bless America!

Fall

It's starting to feel a little bit more like Fall here.  It was 51 when we got up this morning.  

Hurricane Ian is causing a lot of trouble and damage.  Good luck to everyone in his path.  As for us, we are supposed to start having rain tomorrow afternoon through next Wednesday, if we can believe the forecast.  I already knew it was going to rain this weekend though.  It almost always rains and/or storms on the weekend of the Community yard sale, and the Newport News Fall Festival!  And then events are either rescheduled or cancelled.

I'm trying to keep up with things and have a couple extra cleaning projects planned for today.  The last couple days, I did some errands and got those out of the way.  The yard is still adjusting after the aeration and seeding and it doesn't get anything done out there until the new grass is up. 😊

Our girls and families are doing okay.  Everyone is busy.

Les is doing alright.  He's playing golf today.

I bought a couple pumpkins yesterday and Fall decorating is all done now. 🍂 This is in our back yard.  I haven't taken a picture of the porch yet, but will soon.

Take care of yourselves and stay safe.  Life is good.  God Bless America!

Interesting Sky

 

I'm not sure about that blue "line" that was up there this morning.

And on the topic of skies, I just figured out that the bright planet I've been seeing out the window toward the East in the evenings is Jupiter. 

Stay safe!  God Bless America!