. . . So FarA blizzard blew in Monday, we were forewarned by the weathermen so no surprise. Was surprised when it knocked out the power at 10:55 a.m. Monday. And it didn't come back on until 11:30 a.m. today (Friday). Monday was snow coming down slantwise which makes for lovely drifts. My inner child was thrilled by all the snow. Whee! It started ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm late in mentioning this. It snowed last weekend which is bad for flowers, fruit trees, etc. Dad did his best to protect his grapevines, but found damage on them the next day. So there probably won't be any apricots, they were in full bloom in March when it was in the 70s. There is some frost damage to my roses. Late freezes aren't fun ( Read more... )

Meant to update with um Nano stuff, but, obviously I didn't. My final word count for Nano was: 30,431 words which is twice or more than twice what I did last year. Hmm if I improve my writing habits I might be able to get to 50K next year. If anyone wants to read the rest of it let me know and I'll either post it send it to you. I don't think I' ( Read more... )