Sunday, November 16, 2008

weather or not

What a weekend of weather! Driving across the top of the mountain ridge on Friday, one could only see fog and clouds, with the mountains peeking through. White haze everwhere blanketing the valley, which had disappeared below. That evening, fog made nearly invisible everything around. The heavy mist coating each branch and blade of grass. In New York city that night, only 80 miles away: cloudy skies, dry, warmth to the point of hot (for November, certainly).

Yesterday -- so much rain and water in the yard that if they weren't still feathered, we would have had chicken soup! It ruined the day for our finishing the construction of the new storage shed -- now we must wait until next Saturday. The fence gates we were going to build must also wait. Time is running out, as the fences and gates must be finished so the goats can run free while we go away in a few weeks.

Today, when I'm not available to do anything around the house, the air is crisp, the sun is shining -- it's a perfect day! Next job after these is putting upo the new greenhouse, so we can get a jump on next year's growing season....I already have my seeds for organic edible marigolds I'll be growing next year.

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