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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!today it the last day of oct and again where did this month go too...i sure don't know..i look at our book and i can see that almost everyday in oct we had something scheduled..may just an hr activity but something...i thought retirement was suppose to be relaxing ahahhaah..

now that nov is tomorrow it is time to really think of thanksgiving and keep watch in the papers for turkey sales.(there no wild ones in this house yet)..i just went out and there was a deer eating apples so hopefully there will be fresh venison for the freezer but sure don't want to count deer till they are hung up and on their way to the butcher...

also don't forget to go vote on tues nov 3..and may the right person win in the position that are running for...here in enfield it is crazy especially since lar got involved in the republican committee...my thinking is that is it almost time to get out of town..way to much going on..there is some negative comments and that is one thing lar is trying to do away with..now whay can't people just work together for the betterment of the town rather than be and each other throats...i sure don't know but i guess that has been going on since there were parties..and not the beer drinking kind but political ones...so just a few more days then we will find out who is going to run the town for another 2 yrs...lets hope for the right ones...

just about 2 mths and it will be time to hook up the rig and drive out of town heading south..amen somedays i'm ready and then there are others that i think will i ever be ready..need to get thru thanksgiving first then think about heading south...

WET AND WINDY

here it is saturday and it is wet and windy again!!!..lar is off with sam on a duck hunt and he says the weather is just great maybe for the ducks but not for the rest of us..

last night we went to the local high school football game..ithaca has had it's frist winning season in many years and it is good to see them win instead of leaving at half time due to the score..they even are in the state playoffs--so hopefully they can make it thru the first round of play..it was a typical night for football..wet-windy-rain-etc but we of course dressed for it and stayed dry and warm..like a boy scout we went prepared..even met another couple there whose son played while in school and is now in college..

leaves-apples-nuts are really falling now due to the wind and wet..there is probally a couple of bushels under the apple tree that need to be picked up but right now they will have to wait till it drys out a bit..more food on the ground for the deer to come and eat and fatten up for the hunting season..we have seen a couple of rubs on the trees out in the woods..still NO turkeys in the house..the other day we had to go have some blood work early in the morning right after sunrise and guess what as we were going up the hill don't you know there were a few turkeys that crossed the road right in front of us..go figure...and their tails were up saying ahahhaha gotcha.....

thanksgiving is just around the corner and will be here before we know it..one nice day this past week (we haven't had too many of them ) we decided that we ought to wash the barn floor..so we opened the doors and got the hose and spent a couple of hrs getting things off the floor so we could hose it down and scrub it..that job done we can now think of other things to do...the list for some reason never seems to get completed wonder why..

COLD

this morning is the coldest it has been all fall so far..it got down to 25 and a heavy frost on the ground...glad we have everything out of the garden..

yesterday after church we hitched up the tractor and went to the woods to get a final load off fire wood..this one is not for the house but to have a bon-fire at thanksgiving..(hope it isn't in the middle of a snow storm)...the last few years at turkey time we have had one and the kids seem to enjoy it..something different..not to many people have them this time of year unless you are in the south...

lar is out again in the woods looking for turkeys..he sure wonders where they have all gone as we were seeing so many before the season started--must be they know and are hiding..still seeing lots of deer came and eat the fallen apples and pears..mostly does but that is ok...

another busy week is ahead of us-with banquets-meetings-meetings-meetings..it seems like the meetings have increased now that lar got himself elected to the republican committee but that he knew when he decided to run now that he won he has more meetings to attend that he likes..oh then there is a fun raiser this weekend called a spaghetti dinner which he has to help out at..(oh i guess i do also-make a pie or 2)...

so life goes on here at 464 enfield ctr rd...

WOKE-UP

ok this is what we woke up this morning....the ground covered with the white stuff called snow...we are hearingthat it is the earliest snow on record and i say that that might be for this area but severalyears ago we were camping with my family and we got up to more snow on oct 4th..everything was covered but we still had a good time camping and that was when we were in a pop-up..

this morning it is a pretty snow the trees are really laden with the white stuff as the leaves are still on most of the trees..in some areas the power lines are down but for us right now we are ok...the bow hunting season opens up tomorrow so they will be happy if it sticks on the ground --i'm not so sure as i think i heard rain for tomorrow but then it could be snow depending on where you live the higher above sea level the more snow etc...

this is just a late fall or early snow storm..and they are calling this one a nor'easter..wonder how many more the area will get this winter...

all i can say is keep on enjoying fall

COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND

so off we headed to Ives run in pa for the weekend with a hardy group of our friends for a weekend of fun and relaxing...we had planned to do some biking but it was wet-cold-windy-cold-wet (you get the picture we wimped out of that) so we did do a wee bit of hiking and sightseeing..some of the hills/mountains were just bright with color and on the other side of the hill was dull..on sunday we took a train ride thru the tioga valley which was fun but we would have liked it if

it were a bit longer..of course we had lots to eat lots of laughter and just good to be away from the phone and jobs that needed done..as most of you know they would still be here till we got back...now it is time to empty the rig of all can-glass-liquid-stuff so we can put it to bed till january...lar has already winterized it as when we got home the forecast has been for freezing temps and maybe snow tomorrow--we sure don't want to water pipes to freeze so we have another thing to worry about..all in all it was a fun trip..ENJOY FALL--i'am still waiting for indian summer..where is it???????