Company!

46 and drizzling this morning, cold and damp. Cleared off later in the afternoon.

Lots of family this weekend and today. It's been fun, lots of talking, working, cooking. 

And no photos. I often forget when we have gatherings, because I am so involved and busy. Do you have the same problem? But it has been lovely.

Son Aaron, who I swear can fix anything,  figured out the problem with our main gas heat fireplace, and fixed the noise in my dryer too. 

Aaron's job is pretty demanding so we don't get to see him very often, so I thoroughly enjoyed some good long conversations with him. He will be back soon to wire Sarah's cabin.   

It has been quite chilly here,  occasional cold showers mixed with clouds, sunshine, and many people saw a beautiful double rainbow the other night. We have had a fire in the fireplace the last two nights, which takes the edge off the cold. I do enjoy evenings by the fire.

We have not had frost yet, luckily, so we are still getting veggies from the garden.

In Buddy News, our crazy dog somehow killed a skunk last week without getting sprayed. We found a hole dug under the foundation of one of our buildings, where I think the skunk had been living. We filled the hole with concrete, and I guess Buddy caught the skunk trying to get in. So with this and cornering the copperhead a couple weeks ago so we could dispatch the snake to dreamland, I think our boy is earning his keep. In this photo, he is trying to see Larry, who was getting wood for the fireplace. Buddy likes to keep tabs on everything and everyone. 

Buddy got in trouble tonight, though, when he pulled a casserole dish containing the remainder of tonight's dinner off the counter. What a mess! But he cleaned up all the spilled food, the little devil, and fortunately the glass dish didn't break. So all I had to do was mop up the floor. He has been so excited to have the three dogs belonging to our granddaughter and her boyfriend here. There is nothing Buddy likes better than friends over to play!

Tomorrow I hope to get some flower bulbs planted, and might do up some spiced pears. Sarah and her boyfriend will be here a few weeks to work on her cabin, so we will have them in and out too, always a pleasure. 

All for tonight. Granny is tired and ready for some good sleep, under warm blankets on this chilly fall night.

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