Sunday, Oct 21\u00a0 A scheduled music session for the afternoon presented the question of the day \u2013 stay home or go?\u00a0 Rain or Sun?\u00a0 Assuming the former, we took care of a bunch of chores this morning; John, early, fed the neighbor’s horses (one last time). \u00a0Morning was fine for working on yard chores, but it was rather cold. \u00a0Turned out the sun shone all day, and it would have been fine for working.\u00a0 However, we grabbed a fast lunch and drove to the Swauk Teanaway Grange for the monthly Bluegrass Jam session.\u00a0 I didn’t count but there were a fair number of folks there.\u00a0 I will try to recall.\u00a0 Guitars (6), one Dobro, one Mandolin (who switched with a guitar occasionally), Bass Fiddle, one Banjo, and 3 violins.\u00a0 The audience had about 10 or more.\u00a0 People brought yummy food.\u00a0 I took zucchini\/pineapple bread my friend Bill made me a loaf of yesterday, and brought 1\/2 back that wasn’t eaten, also there were brownies, another zucchini\/cream cheese\/nut bread, and some wonderful toll house cookies.\u00a0 They always make coffee, and John left a donation for a Pepsi he got from the frig. There were a couple people there, who John new from our trail riders club, and a couple who we met at a multi-day Bluegrass session in the Canyon last year over Mother’s Day.\u00a0 It was close enough for us to just go down 3 days in a row, and at that point I did not have the travel trailer.\u00a0 Don’t know what’s for dinner tonight.\u00a0 We filled up on goodies at the Grange!\u00a0 Ah ha.\u00a0 We threw together leftovers and two nice potatoes, steamed in the microwave oven.\u00a0 We had some of our tomatoes and a Honeycrisp apple too.\u00a0 The guy didn’t make it with the bulldozer, so yet another waiting game.\u00a0 We have other things to do, we invited ourselves to pick apples and pears across the valley (ditto last year). More on that below. \u00a0And we need to go to Costco soon.<\/p>\n
Monday, Oct 22 \u00a0We decided it was going to be a nasty rainy day, so we’d go to Yakima.\u00a0 We made a couple\/4 stops on our trip.\u00a0 It snowed on Manastash Ridge while we were in Yakima, and as we went across the valley and uphill home, it snowed a lot on us.\u00a0 We got home to 4 inches (at least of snow here) and it is still falling.\u00a0 Normally, we do not get snow until Halloween or the day after.<\/p>\n
We had a fruitful shopping day.\u00a0 We went first to Big 5 Sporting Goods on Nob Hill Blvd. for boots (better\/different selection than EBRG), and found a nice new pair for $45 (normally $70 at other retail outlets \u2013 so they claim).\u00a0 And then we went by the new Penney’s store (now called JCP, kind of like KFC, ha ha), and I bought myself a pair of Skechers\u00ae with a good inner sole for my foot problems, for $45.\u00a0 I have worn nothing but Brooks Addiction for 15 or more years, (recommended by foot doctors for plantar fasciitis), but the price is up to $120 (plus added 8% tax), the last time I bought them in 2010.\u00a0 So, this was a good day.\u00a0 We even got gasoline for $3.74\/gallon.\u00a0 And, we picked up 2 pepperoni pizzas on sale for $3\/off (linked to the apple\/pear picking plans), got some pecans for the pies John has to make for the Christmas potluck Scholarship luncheon (he is expected to each year, since he started in 1988).\u00a0 Also some chocolate chips (coupon $2.25 off 4.5# bag), so we can make cookies to thank our computer guys and mechanics.\u00a0 (This is also a tradition).\u00a0 We got a large package of red seedless grapes, dog & cat food, and some other stuff we needed.\u00a0 Even got some AA batteries for the friend we’ll see tomorrow to pick their free apples.\u00a0 Our total bill was 12\u00a2 shy of $220.00; amazing how things add up.\u00a0 Oh, I forgot the bratwursts (probably not good for us, but much enjoyed), and a couple of packages of their very large muffins, filled with blueberries.\u00a0 Returning to the timeline of the shopping trip and then home, John is back in from moving snow off the walks and patio and feeding all the animals.\u00a0 It is still snowing, more like a misting rain now.\u00a0 Sadly, got a phone call tonight that my (music group) friend died (cancer).\u00a0 He’s better off, to be out of pain, but it is still tough, particularly for his wife of 57 years.\u00a0 He’s been very much a large part of my musical life for two decades.\u00a0 Years ago I went in to local sewing goods store and violin music was coming from the back room.\u00a0 The store was his wife\u2019s.\u00a0 I likely would have met him in some other way but probably in a public venue, so this simple homey connection helped our friendship develop.\u00a0 I will miss him.\u00a0 He played in every group I played with, sometimes 3 times\/week, and more days at Christmas time.<\/p>\n
Tuesday, Oct 23\u00a0 John worked on outside chores much of the morning after running the dogs and feeding the horses, and it is no longer snowing, but is\u00a0 \u2018winter\u2019-cold.\u00a0 He had to move some hay from the barn to a horse trailer that is closer to the horses’ feeding stations and easier to feed from.\u00a0 Also, he took some time to clean out some of the groceries still in the car from yesterday to add some empty boxes for the apples. \u00a0We are leaving after 3:15 for the other side of the valley where they only had a dusting of snow — John to pick apples and me to visit, and then we will eat dinner there.\u00a0 We are taking from our COSTCO trip \u2013 pizzas, grapes, and crystal light.\u00a0 They will add their onions, tomatoes, and peppers to the two large pepperoni pizzas.\u00a0 We have 6 to feed and a year old (who loved the pizza).\u00a0 Two are growing teenagers.\u00a0 Conversation included many topics, such as the son\u2019s overlapping baseball and football seasons, daughter\u2019s painting class using this guy\u2019s methods<\/p>\n
http:\/\/bobross.com\/index.cfm<\/a><\/p>\n she is doing a painting that will soon look something like this one:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.deshow.net\/d\/file\/cartoon\/2008-12\/bob-ross-landscape-painting-281-8.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n The one she is doing eluded John\u2019s searching.\u00a0 Actually, here is a link to a photo with my holding it — her mom took this when we went to pick her up from painting class.\u00a0 Moss, grass, leaves, and highlights are to be added.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.ellensburg.com\/nancyh\/2012GreetingsPix\/Jessica’sPaintingStart.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n We played with baby Michael and discussed apples and irrigation.\u00a0 The sad thing about the apples is that a hail storm destroyed (for commercial purposes) almost all of the fruit along the hillside (numerous growers, hundreds of acres).\u00a0 See this:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.dailyrecordnews.com\/top_story\/tree-fruit-sustains-significant-damage-in-hail-storm\/article_69b7c288-d675-11e1-b919-001a4bcf887a.html<\/a><\/p>\n Only fruit low on the tree and on the opposite side from the direction of the storm is worth picking, maybe a dozen or so per tree loaded with apples. Should look like this:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.treepicturesonline.com\/apple-tree-4.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n But, instead, most look like these:<\/p>\n Really bad: http:\/\/www.apsnet.org\/publications\/imageresources\/PublishingImages\/2004-05\/IW000040.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n Less bad:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.fruit.cornell.edu\/tfabp\/Misc\/2.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n If the apples have only dents (previous view bottom and top left) they might be usable for juice.\u00a0 The center hit in the above view cracked the skin and the resulting decay \u2013 dark brown\/black \u2013 prevents this apple\u2019s use.\u00a0 Harvesting a crop with any such apples is too much of a problem as, after picking, an inspection might discover a few like this and the entire shipment would be discarded \u2013 picking and transport costs just adding to the loss. \u00a0So, only the few pickers like John (with owner Urban\u2019s help) manage to salvage a few of the apples \u2013 about 150 pounds in our case \u2013 2 types of pears, plus Romes, Honeycrisp, and Jonagolds.\u00a0 Oh, and a few of the heirloom variety Winter Banana:<\/p>\n http:\/\/blogs.seattleweekly.com\/voracious\/winterbanana.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n Wednesday, Oct 24 \u00a0Well, today everything changed from what was originally planned.\u00a0 First, it started out snowing early and we hadn’t even realized we might get it.\u00a0 It went on till about 10:00 am.\u00a0 Then it melted the rest of the day.\u00a0 The sun came out once, but mostly was cloudy all day and chilly.\u00a0 John moved panels to protect the contents of the new metal pole building from the horses \u2013 also prevent damage from rubbing and pooping in it. \u00a0He has moved over 100 gallons of water (siphoned) from rain\/snowmelt catch barrels from off the roof of the house, front and side. Rain water has the need pH for blueberry plants but it is a bit late in the season.\u00a0 But one of the intersection gutters (valley gutter) dumps water right at the front door, like this:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.locallocalhistory.co.uk\/studies\/roof-shapes\/roof-names-ds.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n Folks that design houses must live in apartments.\u00a0 Note the different orientation of the garage\/roof in each of these:<\/p>\n http:\/\/gemoftheweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/front-house-w-garage.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n versus<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.englandhouseplans.com\/House_plans\/PlanImages\/elev_lrS1025B.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n Imagine a foot of snow on each sliding and melting into a pile on the ground.\u00a0 That one place would have a frozen mess right in front of the garage door — as does ours \u2013 while the second one would have the garage accessible but the front door would be a wet and snowy mess.\u00a0 Yes, the fancy house has \u201crain\u201d gutters \u2013 so called because they are not too helpful with snow and ice, and unless heated, have a tendency to be ripped off by those added weights.\u00a0 Oh well \u2013 we should move to a warmer place.<\/p>\n I worked on notifying friends about the upcoming funeral and copied the obituary published in this afternoon’s paper.\u00a0 I got it out long before it was on the newsstands, so that was neat.\u00a0 Had a few responses and had to respond.\u00a0 Then at the last minute I was rushing from a fast breakfast to get dressed to leave for town to play music at the Food Bank.\u00a0 I walked out onto the front porch and was standing there waiting for John to push the snow off the windshield, doors, and windows, when the phone rang.\u00a0 I decided to go back in and catch it, hoping it wasn’t a political call, which we have gotten 2 and 3 of some days.\u00a0 It was my banjo buddy I was to meet at noon, saying she had rolled her car and totaled it coming to EBRG from S. Cle Elum and wouldn’t be able to play today.\u00a0 Luckily, she was not hurt.\u00a0 But, I turned around and decided not to go to town.\u00a0 I had plenty of chores needing done, and tomorrow we both are going to town for several things.<\/p>\n Thursday, Oct 25.\u00a0 I got a Noon haircut from my neighbor around the rural block.\u00a0 Left at 1:25 for the afternoon in town with John. \u00a0While I was playing music, he went and bought groceries, picked up his eye ointment, bought some things on sale, saving $16.00, stuff we would buy anyway, so it truly was a saving.\u00a0 John picked me up and we drove a block up the street for me to have blood taken for an INR check. \u00a0Then to the bank, and on our way to the next stop, friends from Yakima came up behind us at a stop light, honked, and pulled us over to talk.\u00a0 We met his daughter and her husband who were here from Virginia till Saturday.\u00a0 Hope they don’t run into problems flying back into the influence of the hurricane, Sandy.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl#contents<\/a><\/p>\n Of all things we visited outside our cars in the Jack in the Box parking lot.\u00a0 What a chance meeting.\u00a0 Small world.\u00a0 Then on to the library, where all the metal inside my body set off the alarms, and scared me, so I asked to be escorted out through a different exit, at the back loading dock.\u00a0 Thank God it did not set my ICD off to shock me.\u00a0 Then off to pick up the bags of onions.\u00a0 Dinner of leftovers tonight, but I added a full tomato for myself, from our garden.\u00a0 Boy, it was excellent.\u00a0 (Oh, John also cut a bunch of the lower limbs from the Mt. Ash tree to keep the deer from jumping over the 4′ fence to come eat them.\u00a0 We don\u2019t want a deer getting hung up in the fence but they are welcome to the berries.\u00a0 Also, he had to pull out and cut our gorgeous grape vine leaves, which froze badly overnight.\u00a0 The lilac plant still has green leaves.\u00a0 Go figure.<\/p>\n Friday, Oct 26\u00a0 Finally, the man down the road and over some, who owns a bulldozer for hire, arrived in our driveway to check out our needs.\u00a0 He had a tree fall on his house, so our project is put off over a week from now.\u00a0 I hope it doesn’t snow to stick before it gets done.\u00a0 The snow we had earlier in the week is mostly gone.<\/p>\n Noon today was a scholarship luncheon in Bouillon Hall, the old building where I had a nice office on the second floor with a wonderful view, and much space, for over 10 years.\u00a0 We had 3 different soups, and I sampled them all.\u00a0 First was an Italian Toscana soup (made with onions, bacon, sausage, potatoes, and whipping cream); second, a corn chowder with potatoes; third, a taco soup, with red kidney beans, ground beef and a chili-like base.\u00a0 Whole wheat rolls and butter, and a green salad with cherry tomatoes.\u00a0 If that wasn’t enough, our hostesses had two wonderful homemade pies.\u00a0 The most unusual was layered with caramelized nuts, pumpkin, cream cheese cake, and a yummy crust.\u00a0 Best pie I have had recently, but she also had a yummy apple pie with a Dutch apple crumbly topping.\u00a0 From there, on my way out of the building I grabbed two heavy- duty boxes, flattened but very usable, in which to recycle paper.\u00a0 Then off to SAIL class, carrying a box of apples to the Adult Activity Center to share with my class, and also, I took along 10 pounds of onions to share with an older couple, both members of our class plus a smaller box of apples for them.\u00a0 Of all things, I then had to drop by where we played music Thursday, in order to pick up a Tambourine our oldest member (83) left behind.\u00a0 I retrieved it.\u00a0 Then in the afternoon, late, after 5:00 we picked up a large pizza, had it cut into 16 pieces, and took it to our friends house a block away, where John stayed while they went to the viewing of my friend who died.\u00a0 I had some pizza with John and a few of the family, before they left for the funeral home, and I left for a retirement home, to play and sing gospel music from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00.\u00a0 They had a birthday cake afterwards, and I stayed for a piece.\u00a0 Then left about 7:20 and drove back by the funeral home, and made a stop to visit with the family.\u00a0 I gave one of the sons a ride back to the house, went inside for a short visit and to pick up John to drive home.\u00a0 Tomorrow will be a much longer day.<\/p>\n Saturday, Oct 27\u00a0 More rain.\u00a0 We had to leave before noon today to get to town in time for the family to get to the church and set up things before the funeral.\u00a0 I stayed in their house with John for a little bit and then donned my raincoat and drove about a block to Jack in the Box to get our lunch.\u00a0 John wanted a full one with a drink, cheeseburger, and fries, and I got a small hamburger and shared his fries.\u00a0 We only visited for a short while and I left to go to the funeral, to meet another friend there.\u00a0 It was a beautiful service with 4 immediate family members giving Eulogies, a trio of musician friends (Flute, Cello, & Harp), playing Ashokan Farewell<\/em>.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.jayandmolly.com\/ashokanfarewell.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n That was a meaningful song for the deceased and his family, and they were playing from his handwritten music score for the piece.\u00a0 All musicians in the valley are used to his crafted music, with notes and chords, and transposed versions for a trumpet or Bb clarinet.\u00a0 We will now permanently include that song in our group playings in his honor.<\/p>\n The audience sang two hymns, and the bishop said a few words.\u00a0 It was special for me because the bishop is also our eye doctor.\u00a0 After the service, the family left for the cemetery.\u00a0 It was raining the whole day, but thankfully, the rain stopped for the trip to the cemetery, the burial service, and the trip back to the church.\u00a0 Then it started pouring again and it is still raining, at 9:30 tonight.\u00a0 John was staying in the house to watch out for it while I participated in the funeral.\u00a0 I did not go to the cemetery, but went back and visited with John for an hour, and returned to the church for a dinner.\u00a0 I got there 1\/2 hour before the group who went to the cemetery, but was able to sit and visit with friends.\u00a0 Once everyone got there we had a ham dinner, with rolls, salad, rice and potato casseroles, and desserts.\u00a0 I should have picked up two pieces of ham my first time through, but didn’t, because when I went back through the line after everyone was seated and many were done eating, there was little food remaining.\u00a0 I was going to take a plate back to John.\u00a0 However, the only thing left on the table was salad (which he doesn’t really like), and one rice casserole.\u00a0 Nothing else.. oh.. yes, pumpkin bread (he doesn’t like), and one tiny piece of chocolate cake.\u00a0 So, that’s what I brought him (plus my left over roll parts and the edge I cut off my piece of ham).\u00a0 Good thing he had some stroganoff he made yesterday to come home to.\u00a0 He also had to feed the horses and feral cats in the dark and in the rain.\u00a0 We didn’t get home until 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n I turned this over to him late to tweak and to post.\u00a0 It might not make it out until Sunday.<\/p>\n Hope your week was a good one.<\/p>\n Nancy and John<\/p>\n Still on the Naneum Fan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday, Oct 21\u00a0 A scheduled music session for the afternoon presented the question of the day \u2013 stay home or go?\u00a0 Rain or 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![http:\/\/www.deshow.net\/d\/file\/cartoon\/2008-12\/bob-ross-landscape-painting-281-8.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nThe one she is doing eluded John\u2019s searching.\u00a0 Actually, here is a link to a photo with my holding it — her mom took this when we went to pick her up from painting class.\u00a0 Moss, grass, leaves, and highlights are to be added.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.ellensburg.com\/nancyh\/2012GreetingsPix\/Jessica’sPaintingStart.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nWe played with baby Michael and discussed apples and irrigation.\u00a0 The sad thing about the apples is that a hail storm destroyed (for commercial purposes) almost all of the fruit along the hillside (numerous growers, hundreds of acres).\u00a0 See this:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.dailyrecordnews.com\/top_story\/tree-fruit-sustains-significant-damage-in-hail-storm\/article_69b7c288-d675-11e1-b919-001a4bcf887a.html<\/a><\/p>\nOnly fruit low on the tree and on the opposite side from the direction of the storm is worth picking, maybe a dozen or so per tree loaded with apples. Should look like this:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.treepicturesonline.com\/apple-tree-4.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nBut, instead, most look like these:<\/p>\nReally bad: http:\/\/www.apsnet.org\/publications\/imageresources\/PublishingImages\/2004-05\/IW000040.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nLess bad:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.fruit.cornell.edu\/tfabp\/Misc\/2.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nIf the apples have only dents (previous view bottom and top left) they might be usable for juice.\u00a0 The center hit in the above view cracked the skin and the resulting decay \u2013 dark brown\/black \u2013 prevents this apple\u2019s use.\u00a0 Harvesting a crop with any such apples is too much of a problem as, after picking, an inspection might discover a few like this and the entire shipment would be discarded \u2013 picking and transport costs just adding to the loss. \u00a0So, only the few pickers like John (with owner Urban\u2019s help) manage to salvage a few of the apples \u2013 about 150 pounds in our case \u2013 2 types of pears, plus Romes, Honeycrisp, and Jonagolds.\u00a0 Oh, and a few of the heirloom variety Winter Banana:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/blogs.seattleweekly.com\/voracious\/winterbanana.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nWednesday, Oct 24 \u00a0Well, today everything changed from what was originally planned.\u00a0 First, it started out snowing early and we hadn’t even realized we might get it.\u00a0 It went on till about 10:00 am.\u00a0 Then it melted the rest of the day.\u00a0 The sun came out once, but mostly was cloudy all day and chilly.\u00a0 John moved panels to protect the contents of the new metal pole building from the horses \u2013 also prevent damage from rubbing and pooping in it. \u00a0He has moved over 100 gallons of water (siphoned) from rain\/snowmelt catch barrels from off the roof of the house, front and side. Rain water has the need pH for blueberry plants but it is a bit late in the season.\u00a0 But one of the intersection gutters (valley gutter) dumps water right at the front door, like this:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.locallocalhistory.co.uk\/studies\/roof-shapes\/roof-names-ds.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nFolks that design houses must live in apartments.\u00a0 Note the different orientation of the garage\/roof in each of these:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/gemoftheweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/front-house-w-garage.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nversus<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.englandhouseplans.com\/House_plans\/PlanImages\/elev_lrS1025B.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nImagine a foot of snow on each sliding and melting into a pile on the ground.\u00a0 That one place would have a frozen mess right in front of the garage door — as does ours \u2013 while the second one would have the garage accessible but the front door would be a wet and snowy mess.\u00a0 Yes, the fancy house has \u201crain\u201d gutters \u2013 so called because they are not too helpful with snow and ice, and unless heated, have a tendency to be ripped off by those added weights.\u00a0 Oh well \u2013 we should move to a warmer place.<\/p>\nI worked on notifying friends about the upcoming funeral and copied the obituary published in this afternoon’s paper.\u00a0 I got it out long before it was on the newsstands, so that was neat.\u00a0 Had a few responses and had to respond.\u00a0 Then at the last minute I was rushing from a fast breakfast to get dressed to leave for town to play music at the Food Bank.\u00a0 I walked out onto the front porch and was standing there waiting for John to push the snow off the windshield, doors, and windows, when the phone rang.\u00a0 I decided to go back in and catch it, hoping it wasn’t a political call, which we have gotten 2 and 3 of some days.\u00a0 It was my banjo buddy I was to meet at noon, saying she had rolled her car and totaled it coming to EBRG from S. Cle Elum and wouldn’t be able to play today.\u00a0 Luckily, she was not hurt.\u00a0 But, I turned around and decided not to go to town.\u00a0 I had plenty of chores needing done, and tomorrow we both are going to town for several things.<\/p>\nThursday, Oct 25.\u00a0 I got a Noon haircut from my neighbor around the rural block.\u00a0 Left at 1:25 for the afternoon in town with John. \u00a0While I was playing music, he went and bought groceries, picked up his eye ointment, bought some things on sale, saving $16.00, stuff we would buy anyway, so it truly was a saving.\u00a0 John picked me up and we drove a block up the street for me to have blood taken for an INR check. \u00a0Then to the bank, and on our way to the next stop, friends from Yakima came up behind us at a stop light, honked, and pulled us over to talk.\u00a0 We met his daughter and her husband who were here from Virginia till Saturday.\u00a0 Hope they don’t run into problems flying back into the influence of the hurricane, Sandy.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl#contents<\/a><\/p>\nOf all things we visited outside our cars in the Jack in the Box parking lot.\u00a0 What a chance meeting.\u00a0 Small world.\u00a0 Then on to the library, where all the metal inside my body set off the alarms, and scared me, so I asked to be escorted out through a different exit, at the back loading dock.\u00a0 Thank God it did not set my ICD off to shock me.\u00a0 Then off to pick up the bags of onions.\u00a0 Dinner of leftovers tonight, but I added a full tomato for myself, from our garden.\u00a0 Boy, it was excellent.\u00a0 (Oh, John also cut a bunch of the lower limbs from the Mt. 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Tambourine our oldest member (83) left behind.\u00a0 I retrieved it.\u00a0 Then in the afternoon, late, after 5:00 we picked up a large pizza, had it cut into 16 pieces, and took it to our friends house a block away, where John stayed while they went to the viewing of my friend who died.\u00a0 I had some pizza with John and a few of the family, before they left for the funeral home, and I left for a retirement home, to play and sing gospel music from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00.\u00a0 They had a birthday cake afterwards, and I stayed for a piece.\u00a0 Then left about 7:20 and drove back by the funeral home, and made a stop to visit with the family.\u00a0 I gave one of the sons a ride back to the house, went inside for a short visit and to pick up John to drive home.\u00a0 Tomorrow will be a much longer day.<\/p>\nSaturday, Oct 27\u00a0 More rain.\u00a0 We had to leave before noon today to get to town in time for the family to get to the church and set up things before the funeral.\u00a0 I 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![http:\/\/www.treepicturesonline.com\/apple-tree-4.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nBut, instead, most look like these:<\/p>\nReally bad: http:\/\/www.apsnet.org\/publications\/imageresources\/PublishingImages\/2004-05\/IW000040.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nLess bad:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.fruit.cornell.edu\/tfabp\/Misc\/2.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nIf the apples have only dents (previous view bottom and top left) they might be usable for juice.\u00a0 The center hit in the above view cracked the skin and the resulting decay \u2013 dark brown\/black \u2013 prevents this apple\u2019s use.\u00a0 Harvesting a crop with any such apples is too much of a problem as, after picking, an inspection might discover a few like this and the entire shipment would be discarded \u2013 picking and transport costs just adding to the loss. \u00a0So, only the few pickers like John (with owner Urban\u2019s help) manage to salvage a few of the apples \u2013 about 150 pounds in our case \u2013 2 types of pears, plus Romes, Honeycrisp, and Jonagolds.\u00a0 Oh, and a few of the heirloom variety Winter Banana:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/blogs.seattleweekly.com\/voracious\/winterbanana.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nWednesday, Oct 24 \u00a0Well, today everything changed from what was originally planned.\u00a0 First, it started out snowing early and we hadn’t even realized we might get it.\u00a0 It went on till about 10:00 am.\u00a0 Then it melted the rest of the day.\u00a0 The sun came out once, but mostly was cloudy all day and chilly.\u00a0 John moved panels to protect the contents of the new metal pole building from the horses \u2013 also prevent damage from rubbing and pooping in it. \u00a0He has moved over 100 gallons of water (siphoned) from rain\/snowmelt catch barrels from off the roof of the house, front and side. Rain water has the need pH for blueberry plants but it is a bit late in the season.\u00a0 But one of the intersection gutters (valley gutter) dumps water right at the front door, like this:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.locallocalhistory.co.uk\/studies\/roof-shapes\/roof-names-ds.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nFolks that design houses must live in apartments.\u00a0 Note the different orientation of the garage\/roof in each of these:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/gemoftheweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/front-house-w-garage.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nversus<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.englandhouseplans.com\/House_plans\/PlanImages\/elev_lrS1025B.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nImagine a foot of snow on each sliding and melting into a pile on the ground.\u00a0 That one place would have a frozen mess right in front of the garage door — as does ours \u2013 while the second one would have the garage accessible but the front door would be a wet and snowy mess.\u00a0 Yes, the fancy house has \u201crain\u201d gutters \u2013 so called because they are not too helpful with snow and ice, and unless heated, have a tendency to be ripped off by those added weights.\u00a0 Oh well \u2013 we should move to a warmer place.<\/p>\nI worked on notifying friends about the upcoming funeral and copied the obituary published in this afternoon’s paper.\u00a0 I got it out long before it was on the newsstands, so that was neat.\u00a0 Had a few responses and had to respond.\u00a0 Then at the last minute I was rushing from a fast breakfast to get dressed to leave for town to play music at the Food Bank.\u00a0 I walked out onto the front porch and was standing there waiting for John to push the snow off the windshield, doors, and windows, when the phone rang.\u00a0 I decided to go back in and catch it, hoping it wasn’t a political call, which we have gotten 2 and 3 of some days.\u00a0 It was my banjo buddy I was to meet at noon, saying she had rolled her car and totaled it coming to EBRG from S. Cle Elum and wouldn’t be able to play today.\u00a0 Luckily, she was not hurt.\u00a0 But, I turned around and decided not to go to town.\u00a0 I had plenty of chores needing done, and tomorrow we both are going to town for several things.<\/p>\nThursday, Oct 25.\u00a0 I got a Noon haircut from my neighbor around the rural block.\u00a0 Left at 1:25 for the afternoon in town with John. \u00a0While I was playing music, he went and bought groceries, picked up his eye ointment, bought some things on sale, saving $16.00, stuff we would buy anyway, so it truly was a saving.\u00a0 John picked me up and we drove a block up the street for me to have blood taken for an INR check. \u00a0Then to the bank, and on our way to the next stop, friends from Yakima came up behind us at a stop light, honked, and pulled us over to talk.\u00a0 We met his daughter and her husband who were here from Virginia till Saturday.\u00a0 Hope they don’t run into problems flying back into the influence of the hurricane, Sandy.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl#contents<\/a><\/p>\nOf all things we visited outside our cars in the Jack in the Box parking lot.\u00a0 What a chance meeting.\u00a0 Small world.\u00a0 Then on to the library, where all the metal inside my body set off the alarms, and scared me, so I asked to be escorted out through a different exit, at the back loading dock.\u00a0 Thank God it did not set my ICD off to shock me.\u00a0 Then off to pick up the bags of onions.\u00a0 Dinner of leftovers tonight, but I added a full tomato for myself, from our garden.\u00a0 Boy, it was excellent.\u00a0 (Oh, John also cut a bunch of the lower limbs from the Mt. Ash tree to keep the deer from jumping over the 4′ fence to come eat them.\u00a0 We don\u2019t want a deer getting hung up in the fence but they are welcome to the berries.\u00a0 Also, he had to pull out and cut our gorgeous grape vine leaves, which froze badly overnight.\u00a0 The lilac plant still has green leaves.\u00a0 Go figure.<\/p>\nFriday, Oct 26\u00a0 Finally, the man down the road and over some, who owns a bulldozer for hire, arrived in our driveway to check out our needs.\u00a0 He had a tree fall on his house, so our project is put off over a week from now.\u00a0 I hope it doesn’t snow to stick before it gets done.\u00a0 The snow we had earlier in the week is mostly gone.<\/p>\nNoon today was a scholarship luncheon in Bouillon Hall, the old building where I had a nice office on the second floor with a wonderful view, and much space, for over 10 years.\u00a0 We had 3 different soups, and I sampled them all.\u00a0 First was an Italian Toscana soup (made with onions, bacon, 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Tambourine our oldest member (83) left behind.\u00a0 I retrieved it.\u00a0 Then in the afternoon, late, after 5:00 we picked up a large pizza, had it cut into 16 pieces, and took it to our friends house a block away, where John stayed while they went to the viewing of my friend who died.\u00a0 I had some pizza with John and a few of the family, before they left for the funeral home, and I left for a retirement home, to play and sing gospel music from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00.\u00a0 They had a birthday cake afterwards, and I stayed for a piece.\u00a0 Then left about 7:20 and drove back by the funeral home, and made a stop to visit with the family.\u00a0 I gave one of the sons a ride back to the house, went inside for a short visit and to pick up John to drive home.\u00a0 Tomorrow will be a much longer day.<\/p>\nSaturday, Oct 27\u00a0 More rain.\u00a0 We had to leave before noon today to get to town in time for the family to get to the church and set up things before the funeral.\u00a0 I stayed in their house with John for a little bit and then donned my raincoat and drove about a block to Jack in the Box to get our lunch.\u00a0 John wanted a full one with a drink, cheeseburger, and fries, and I got a small hamburger and shared his fries.\u00a0 We only visited for a short while and I left to go to the funeral, to meet another friend there.\u00a0 It was a beautiful service with 4 immediate family members giving Eulogies, a trio of musician friends (Flute, Cello, & Harp), playing Ashokan Farewell<\/em>.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.jayandmolly.com\/ashokanfarewell.shtml<\/a><\/p>\nThat was a meaningful song for the deceased and his family, and they were playing from his handwritten music score for the piece.\u00a0 All musicians in the valley are used to his crafted music, with notes and chords, and transposed versions for a trumpet or Bb clarinet.\u00a0 We will now permanently include that song in our group playings in his honor.<\/p>\nThe audience sang two hymns, and the bishop 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![http:\/\/www.apsnet.org\/publications\/imageresources\/PublishingImages\/2004-05\/IW000040.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nLess bad:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.fruit.cornell.edu\/tfabp\/Misc\/2.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nIf the apples have only dents (previous view bottom and top left) they might be usable for juice.\u00a0 The center hit in the above view cracked the skin and the resulting decay \u2013 dark brown\/black \u2013 prevents this apple\u2019s use.\u00a0 Harvesting a crop with any such apples is too much of a problem as, after picking, an inspection might discover a few like this and the entire shipment would be discarded \u2013 picking and transport costs just adding to the loss. \u00a0So, only the few pickers like John (with owner Urban\u2019s help) manage to salvage a few of the apples \u2013 about 150 pounds in our case \u2013 2 types of pears, plus Romes, Honeycrisp, and Jonagolds.\u00a0 Oh, and a few of the heirloom variety Winter Banana:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/blogs.seattleweekly.com\/voracious\/winterbanana.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nWednesday, Oct 24 \u00a0Well, today everything changed from what was originally planned.\u00a0 First, it started out snowing early and we hadn’t even realized we might get it.\u00a0 It went on till about 10:00 am.\u00a0 Then it melted the rest of the day.\u00a0 The sun came out once, but mostly was cloudy all day and chilly.\u00a0 John moved panels to protect the contents of the new metal pole building from the horses \u2013 also prevent damage from rubbing and pooping in it. \u00a0He has moved over 100 gallons of water (siphoned) from rain\/snowmelt catch barrels from off the roof of the house, front and side. Rain water has the need pH for blueberry plants but it is a bit late in the season.\u00a0 But one of the intersection gutters (valley gutter) dumps water right at the front door, like this:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.locallocalhistory.co.uk\/studies\/roof-shapes\/roof-names-ds.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nFolks that design houses must live in apartments.\u00a0 Note the different orientation of the garage\/roof in each of these:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/gemoftheweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/front-house-w-garage.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nversus<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.englandhouseplans.com\/House_plans\/PlanImages\/elev_lrS1025B.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nImagine a foot of snow on each sliding and melting into a pile on the ground.\u00a0 That one place would have a frozen mess right in front of the garage door — as does ours \u2013 while the second one would have the garage accessible but the front door would be a wet and snowy mess.\u00a0 Yes, the fancy house has \u201crain\u201d gutters \u2013 so called because they are not too helpful with snow and ice, and unless heated, have a tendency to be ripped off by those added weights.\u00a0 Oh well \u2013 we should move to a warmer place.<\/p>\nI worked on notifying friends about the upcoming funeral and copied the obituary published in this afternoon’s paper.\u00a0 I got it out long before it was on the newsstands, so that was neat.\u00a0 Had a few responses and had to respond.\u00a0 Then at the last minute I was rushing from a fast breakfast to get dressed to leave for town to play music at the Food Bank.\u00a0 I walked out onto the front porch and was standing there waiting for John to push the snow off the windshield, doors, and windows, when the phone rang.\u00a0 I decided to go back in and catch it, hoping it wasn’t a political call, which we have gotten 2 and 3 of some days.\u00a0 It was my banjo buddy I was to meet at noon, saying she had rolled her car and totaled it coming to EBRG from S. Cle Elum and wouldn’t be able to play today.\u00a0 Luckily, she was not hurt.\u00a0 But, I turned around and decided not to go to town.\u00a0 I had plenty of chores needing done, and tomorrow we both are going to town for several things.<\/p>\nThursday, Oct 25.\u00a0 I got a Noon haircut from my neighbor around the rural block.\u00a0 Left at 1:25 for the afternoon in town with John. \u00a0While I was playing music, he went and bought groceries, picked up his eye ointment, bought some things on sale, saving $16.00, stuff we would buy anyway, so it truly was a saving.\u00a0 John picked me up and we drove a block up the street for me to have blood taken for an INR check. \u00a0Then to the bank, and on our way to the next stop, friends from Yakima came up behind us at a stop light, honked, and pulled us over to talk.\u00a0 We met his daughter and her husband who were here from Virginia till Saturday.\u00a0 Hope they don’t run into problems flying back into the influence of the hurricane, Sandy.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl#contents<\/a><\/p>\nOf all things we visited outside our cars in the Jack in the Box parking lot.\u00a0 What a chance meeting.\u00a0 Small world.\u00a0 Then on to the library, where all the metal inside my body set off the alarms, and scared me, so I asked to be escorted out through a different exit, at the back loading dock.\u00a0 Thank God it did not set my ICD off to shock me.\u00a0 Then off to pick up the bags of onions.\u00a0 Dinner of leftovers tonight, but I added a full tomato for myself, from our garden.\u00a0 Boy, it was excellent.\u00a0 (Oh, John also cut a bunch of the lower limbs from the Mt. Ash tree to keep the deer from jumping over the 4′ fence to come eat them.\u00a0 We don\u2019t want a deer getting hung up in the fence but they are welcome to the berries.\u00a0 Also, he had to pull out and cut our gorgeous grape vine leaves, which froze badly overnight.\u00a0 The lilac plant still has green leaves.\u00a0 Go figure.<\/p>\nFriday, Oct 26\u00a0 Finally, the man down the road and over some, who owns a bulldozer for hire, arrived in our driveway to check out our needs.\u00a0 He had a tree fall on his house, so our project is put off over a week from now.\u00a0 I hope it doesn’t snow to stick before it gets done.\u00a0 The snow we had earlier in the week is mostly gone.<\/p>\nNoon today was a scholarship luncheon in Bouillon Hall, the old building where I had a nice office on the second floor with a wonderful view, and much space, for over 10 years.\u00a0 We had 3 different soups, and I sampled them all.\u00a0 First was an Italian Toscana soup (made with onions, bacon, sausage, potatoes, and whipping cream); second, a corn chowder with potatoes; third, a taco soup, with red kidney beans, ground beef and a chili-like base.\u00a0 Whole wheat rolls and butter, and a green salad with cherry tomatoes.\u00a0 If that wasn’t enough, our hostesses had two wonderful homemade pies.\u00a0 The most unusual was layered with caramelized nuts, pumpkin, cream cheese cake, and a yummy crust.\u00a0 Best pie I have had recently, but she also had a yummy apple pie with a Dutch apple crumbly topping.\u00a0 From there, on my way out of the building I grabbed two heavy- duty boxes, flattened but very usable, in which to recycle paper.\u00a0 Then off to SAIL class, carrying a box of apples to the Adult Activity Center to share with my class, and also, I took along 10 pounds of onions to share with an older couple, both members of our class plus a smaller box of apples for them.\u00a0 Of all things, I then had to drop by where we played music Thursday, in order to pick up a Tambourine our oldest member (83) left behind.\u00a0 I retrieved it.\u00a0 Then in the afternoon, late, after 5:00 we picked up a large pizza, had it cut into 16 pieces, and took it to our friends house a block away, where John stayed while they went to the viewing of my friend who died.\u00a0 I had some pizza with John and a few of the family, before they left for the funeral home, and I left for a retirement home, to play and sing gospel music from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00.\u00a0 They had a birthday cake afterwards, and I stayed for a piece.\u00a0 Then left about 7:20 and drove back by the funeral home, and made a stop to visit with the family.\u00a0 I gave one of the sons a ride back to the house, went inside for a short visit and to pick up John to drive home.\u00a0 Tomorrow will be a much longer day.<\/p>\nSaturday, Oct 27\u00a0 More rain.\u00a0 We had to leave before noon today to get to town in time for the family to get to the church and set up things before the funeral.\u00a0 I stayed in their house with John for a little bit and then donned my raincoat and drove about a block to Jack in the Box to get our lunch.\u00a0 John wanted a full one with a drink, cheeseburger, and fries, and I got a small hamburger and shared his fries.\u00a0 We only visited for a short while and I left to go to the funeral, to meet another friend there.\u00a0 It was a beautiful service with 4 immediate family members giving Eulogies, a trio of musician friends (Flute, Cello, & Harp), playing Ashokan Farewell<\/em>.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.jayandmolly.com\/ashokanfarewell.shtml<\/a><\/p>\nThat was a meaningful song for the deceased and his family, and they were playing from his handwritten music score for the piece.\u00a0 All musicians in the valley are used to his crafted music, with notes and chords, and transposed versions for a trumpet or Bb clarinet.\u00a0 We will now permanently include that song in our group playings in his honor.<\/p>\nThe audience sang two hymns, and the bishop said a few words.\u00a0 It was special for me because the bishop is also our eye doctor.\u00a0 After the service, the family left for the cemetery.\u00a0 It was raining the whole day, but thankfully, the rain stopped for the trip to the cemetery, the burial service, and the trip back to the church.\u00a0 Then it started pouring again and it is still raining, at 9:30 tonight.\u00a0 John was staying in the house to watch out for it while I participated in the funeral.\u00a0 I did not go to the cemetery, but went back and visited with John for an hour, and returned to the church for a dinner.\u00a0 I got there 1\/2 hour before the group who went to the cemetery, but was able to sit and visit with friends.\u00a0 Once everyone got there we had a ham dinner, with rolls, salad, rice and potato casseroles, and desserts.\u00a0 I should have picked up two pieces of ham my first time through, but didn’t, because when I went back through the line after everyone was seated and many were done eating, there was little food remaining.\u00a0 I was going to take a plate back to John.\u00a0 However, the only thing left on the table was salad (which he doesn’t really like), and one rice casserole.\u00a0 Nothing else.. oh.. yes, pumpkin bread (he doesn’t like), and one tiny piece of chocolate cake.\u00a0 So, that’s what I brought him (plus my left over roll parts and the edge I cut off my piece of ham).\u00a0 Good thing he had some stroganoff he made yesterday to come home to.\u00a0 He also had to feed the horses and feral cats in the dark and in the rain.\u00a0 We didn’t get home until 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\nI turned this over to him late to tweak and to post.\u00a0 It might not make it out until Sunday.<\/p>\nHope your week was a good one.<\/p>\nNancy and John<\/p>\nStill on the Naneum Fan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, Oct 21\u00a0 A scheduled music session for the afternoon presented the question of the day \u2013 stay home or go?\u00a0 Rain or Sun?\u00a0 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![http:\/\/www.fruit.cornell.edu\/tfabp\/Misc\/2.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nIf the apples have only dents (previous view bottom and top left) they might be usable for juice.\u00a0 The center hit in the above view cracked the skin and the resulting decay \u2013 dark brown\/black \u2013 prevents this apple\u2019s use.\u00a0 Harvesting a crop with any such apples is too much of a problem as, after picking, an inspection might discover a few like this and the entire shipment would be discarded \u2013 picking and transport costs just adding to the loss. \u00a0So, only the few pickers like John (with owner Urban\u2019s help) manage to salvage a few of the apples \u2013 about 150 pounds in our case \u2013 2 types of pears, plus Romes, Honeycrisp, and Jonagolds.\u00a0 Oh, and a few of the heirloom variety Winter Banana:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/blogs.seattleweekly.com\/voracious\/winterbanana.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nWednesday, Oct 24 \u00a0Well, today everything changed from what was originally planned.\u00a0 First, it started out snowing early and we hadn’t even realized we might get it.\u00a0 It went on till about 10:00 am.\u00a0 Then it melted the rest of the day.\u00a0 The sun came out once, but mostly was cloudy all day and chilly.\u00a0 John moved panels to protect the contents of the new metal pole building from the horses \u2013 also prevent damage from rubbing and pooping in it. \u00a0He has moved over 100 gallons of water (siphoned) from rain\/snowmelt catch barrels from off the roof of the house, front and side. Rain water has the need pH for blueberry plants but it is a bit late in the season.\u00a0 But one of the intersection gutters (valley gutter) dumps water right at the front door, like this:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.locallocalhistory.co.uk\/studies\/roof-shapes\/roof-names-ds.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nFolks that design houses must live in apartments.\u00a0 Note the different orientation of the garage\/roof in each of these:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/gemoftheweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/front-house-w-garage.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nversus<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.englandhouseplans.com\/House_plans\/PlanImages\/elev_lrS1025B.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nImagine a foot of snow on each sliding and melting into a pile on the ground.\u00a0 That one place would have a frozen mess right in front of the garage door — as does ours \u2013 while the second one would have the garage accessible but the front door would be a wet and snowy mess.\u00a0 Yes, the fancy house has \u201crain\u201d gutters \u2013 so called because they are not too helpful with snow and ice, and unless heated, have a tendency to be ripped off by those added weights.\u00a0 Oh well \u2013 we should move to a warmer place.<\/p>\nI worked on notifying friends about the upcoming funeral and copied the obituary published in this afternoon’s paper.\u00a0 I got it out long before it was on the newsstands, so that was neat.\u00a0 Had a few responses and had to respond.\u00a0 Then at the last minute I was rushing from a fast breakfast to get dressed to leave for town to play music at the Food Bank.\u00a0 I walked out onto the front porch and was standing there waiting for John to push the snow off the windshield, doors, and windows, when the phone rang.\u00a0 I decided to go back in and catch it, hoping it wasn’t a political call, which we have gotten 2 and 3 of some days.\u00a0 It was my banjo buddy I was to meet at noon, saying she had rolled her car and totaled it coming to EBRG from S. Cle Elum and wouldn’t be able to play today.\u00a0 Luckily, she was not hurt.\u00a0 But, I turned around and decided not to go to town.\u00a0 I had plenty of chores needing done, and tomorrow we both are going to town for several things.<\/p>\nThursday, Oct 25.\u00a0 I got a Noon haircut from my neighbor around the rural block.\u00a0 Left at 1:25 for the afternoon in town with John. \u00a0While I was playing music, he went and bought groceries, picked up his eye ointment, bought some things on sale, saving $16.00, stuff we would buy anyway, so it truly was a saving.\u00a0 John picked me up and we drove a block up the street for me to have blood taken for an INR check. \u00a0Then to the bank, and on our way to the next stop, friends from Yakima came up behind us at a stop light, honked, and pulled us over to talk.\u00a0 We met his daughter and her husband who were here from Virginia till Saturday.\u00a0 Hope they don’t run into problems flying back into the influence of the hurricane, Sandy.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl#contents<\/a><\/p>\nOf all things we visited outside our cars in the Jack in the Box parking lot.\u00a0 What a chance meeting.\u00a0 Small world.\u00a0 Then on to the library, where all the metal inside my body set off the alarms, and scared me, so I asked to be escorted out through a different exit, at the back loading dock.\u00a0 Thank God it did not set my ICD off to shock me.\u00a0 Then off to pick up the bags of onions.\u00a0 Dinner of leftovers tonight, but I added a full tomato for myself, from our garden.\u00a0 Boy, it was excellent.\u00a0 (Oh, John also cut a bunch of the lower limbs from the Mt. Ash tree to keep the deer from jumping over the 4′ fence to come eat them.\u00a0 We don\u2019t want a deer getting hung up in the fence but they are welcome to the berries.\u00a0 Also, he had to pull out and cut our gorgeous grape vine leaves, which froze badly overnight.\u00a0 The lilac plant still has green leaves.\u00a0 Go figure.<\/p>\nFriday, Oct 26\u00a0 Finally, the man down the road and over some, who owns a bulldozer for hire, arrived in our driveway to check out our needs.\u00a0 He had a tree fall on his house, so our project is put off over a week from now.\u00a0 I hope it doesn’t snow to stick before it gets done.\u00a0 The snow we had earlier in the week is mostly gone.<\/p>\nNoon today was a scholarship luncheon in Bouillon Hall, the old building where I had a nice office on the second floor with a wonderful view, and much space, for over 10 years.\u00a0 We had 3 different soups, and I sampled them all.\u00a0 First was an Italian Toscana soup (made with onions, bacon, sausage, potatoes, and whipping cream); second, a corn chowder with potatoes; third, a taco soup, with red kidney beans, ground beef and a chili-like base.\u00a0 Whole wheat rolls and butter, and a green salad with cherry tomatoes.\u00a0 If that wasn’t enough, our hostesses had two wonderful homemade pies.\u00a0 The most unusual was layered with caramelized nuts, pumpkin, cream cheese cake, and a yummy crust.\u00a0 Best pie I have had recently, but she also had a yummy apple pie with a Dutch apple crumbly topping.\u00a0 From there, on my way out of the building I grabbed two heavy- duty boxes, flattened but very usable, in which to recycle paper.\u00a0 Then off to SAIL class, carrying a box of apples to the Adult Activity Center to share with my class, and also, I took along 10 pounds of onions to share with an older couple, both members of our class plus a smaller box of apples for them.\u00a0 Of all things, I then had to drop by where we played music Thursday, in order to pick up a Tambourine our oldest member (83) left behind.\u00a0 I retrieved it.\u00a0 Then in the afternoon, late, after 5:00 we picked up a large pizza, had it cut into 16 pieces, and took it to our friends house a block away, where John stayed while they went to the viewing of my friend who died.\u00a0 I had some pizza with John and a few of the family, before they left for the funeral home, and I left for a retirement home, to play and sing gospel music from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00.\u00a0 They had a birthday cake afterwards, and I stayed for a piece.\u00a0 Then left about 7:20 and drove back by the funeral home, and made a stop to visit with the family.\u00a0 I gave one of the sons a ride back to the house, went inside for a short visit and to pick up John to drive home.\u00a0 Tomorrow will be a much longer day.<\/p>\nSaturday, Oct 27\u00a0 More rain.\u00a0 We had to leave before noon today to get to town in time for the family to get to the church and set up things before the funeral.\u00a0 I stayed in their house with John for a little bit and then donned my raincoat and drove about a block to Jack in the Box to get our lunch.\u00a0 John wanted a full one with a drink, cheeseburger, and fries, and I got a small hamburger and shared his fries.\u00a0 We only visited for a short while and I left to go to the funeral, to meet another friend there.\u00a0 It was a beautiful service with 4 immediate family members giving Eulogies, a trio of musician friends (Flute, Cello, & Harp), playing Ashokan Farewell<\/em>.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.jayandmolly.com\/ashokanfarewell.shtml<\/a><\/p>\nThat was a meaningful song for the deceased and his family, and they were playing from his handwritten music score for the piece.\u00a0 All musicians in the valley are used to his crafted music, with notes and chords, and transposed versions for a trumpet or Bb clarinet.\u00a0 We will now permanently include that song in our group playings in his honor.<\/p>\nThe audience sang two hymns, and the bishop said a few words.\u00a0 It was special for me because the bishop is also our eye doctor.\u00a0 After the service, the family left for the cemetery.\u00a0 It was raining the whole day, but thankfully, the rain stopped for the trip to the cemetery, the burial service, and the trip back to the church.\u00a0 Then it started pouring again and it is still raining, at 9:30 tonight.\u00a0 John was staying in the house to watch out for it while I participated in the funeral.\u00a0 I did not go to the cemetery, but went back and visited with John for an hour, and returned to the church for a dinner.\u00a0 I got there 1\/2 hour before the group who went to the cemetery, but was able to sit and visit with friends.\u00a0 Once everyone got there we had a ham dinner, with rolls, salad, rice and potato casseroles, and desserts.\u00a0 I should have picked up two pieces of ham my first time through, but didn’t, because when I went back through the line after everyone was seated and many were done eating, there was little food remaining.\u00a0 I was going to take a plate back to John.\u00a0 However, the only thing left on the table was salad (which he doesn’t really like), and one rice casserole.\u00a0 Nothing else.. oh.. yes, pumpkin bread (he doesn’t like), and one tiny piece of chocolate cake.\u00a0 So, that’s what I brought him (plus my left over roll parts and the edge I cut off my piece of ham).\u00a0 Good thing he had some stroganoff he made yesterday to come home to.\u00a0 He also had to feed the horses and feral cats in the dark and in the rain.\u00a0 We didn’t get home until 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\nI turned this over to him late to tweak and to post.\u00a0 It might not make it out until Sunday.<\/p>\nHope your week was a good one.<\/p>\nNancy and John<\/p>\nStill on the Naneum Fan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, Oct 21\u00a0 A scheduled music session for the afternoon presented the question of the day \u2013 stay home or go?\u00a0 Rain or Sun?\u00a0 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![http:\/\/blogs.seattleweekly.com\/voracious\/winterbanana.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nWednesday, Oct 24 \u00a0Well, today everything changed from what was originally planned.\u00a0 First, it started out snowing early and we hadn’t even realized we might get it.\u00a0 It went on till about 10:00 am.\u00a0 Then it melted the rest of the day.\u00a0 The sun came out once, but mostly was cloudy all day and chilly.\u00a0 John moved panels to protect the contents of the new metal pole building from the horses \u2013 also prevent damage from rubbing and pooping in it. \u00a0He has moved over 100 gallons of water (siphoned) from rain\/snowmelt catch barrels from off the roof of the house, front and side. Rain water has the need pH for blueberry plants but it is a bit late in the season.\u00a0 But one of the intersection gutters (valley gutter) dumps water right at the front door, like this:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.locallocalhistory.co.uk\/studies\/roof-shapes\/roof-names-ds.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nFolks that design houses must live in apartments.\u00a0 Note the different orientation of the garage\/roof in each of these:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/gemoftheweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/front-house-w-garage.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nversus<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.englandhouseplans.com\/House_plans\/PlanImages\/elev_lrS1025B.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nImagine a foot of snow on each sliding and melting into a pile on the ground.\u00a0 That one place would have a frozen mess right in front of the garage door — as does ours \u2013 while the second one would have the garage accessible but the front door would be a wet and snowy mess.\u00a0 Yes, the fancy house has \u201crain\u201d gutters \u2013 so called because they are not too helpful with snow and ice, and unless heated, have a tendency to be ripped off by those added weights.\u00a0 Oh well \u2013 we should move to a warmer place.<\/p>\nI worked on notifying friends about the upcoming funeral and copied the obituary published in this afternoon’s paper.\u00a0 I got it out long before it was on the newsstands, so that was neat.\u00a0 Had a few responses and had to respond.\u00a0 Then at the last minute I was rushing from a fast breakfast to get dressed to leave for town to play music at the Food Bank.\u00a0 I walked out onto the front porch and was standing there waiting for John to push the snow off the windshield, doors, and windows, when the phone rang.\u00a0 I decided to go back in and catch it, hoping it wasn’t a political call, which we have gotten 2 and 3 of some days.\u00a0 It was my banjo buddy I was to meet at noon, saying she had rolled her car and totaled it coming to EBRG from S. Cle Elum and wouldn’t be able to play today.\u00a0 Luckily, she was not hurt.\u00a0 But, I turned around and decided not to go to town.\u00a0 I had plenty of chores needing done, and tomorrow we both are going to town for several things.<\/p>\nThursday, Oct 25.\u00a0 I got a Noon haircut from my neighbor around the rural block.\u00a0 Left at 1:25 for the afternoon in town with John. \u00a0While I was playing music, he went and bought groceries, picked up his eye ointment, bought some things on sale, saving $16.00, stuff we would buy anyway, so it truly was a saving.\u00a0 John picked me up and we drove a block up the street for me to have blood taken for an INR check. \u00a0Then to the bank, and on our way to the next stop, friends from Yakima came up behind us at a stop light, honked, and pulled us over to talk.\u00a0 We met his daughter and her husband who were here from Virginia till Saturday.\u00a0 Hope they don’t run into problems flying back into the influence of the hurricane, Sandy.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl#contents<\/a><\/p>\nOf all things we visited outside our cars in the Jack in the Box parking lot.\u00a0 What a chance meeting.\u00a0 Small world.\u00a0 Then on to the library, where all the metal inside my body set off the alarms, and scared me, so I asked to be escorted out through a different exit, at the back loading dock.\u00a0 Thank God it did not set my ICD off to shock me.\u00a0 Then off to pick up the bags of onions.\u00a0 Dinner of leftovers tonight, but I added a full tomato for myself, from our garden.\u00a0 Boy, it was excellent.\u00a0 (Oh, John also cut a bunch of the lower limbs from the Mt. Ash tree to keep the deer from jumping over the 4′ fence to come eat them.\u00a0 We don\u2019t want a deer getting hung up in the fence but they are welcome to the berries.\u00a0 Also, he had to pull out and cut our gorgeous grape vine leaves, which froze badly overnight.\u00a0 The lilac plant still has green leaves.\u00a0 Go figure.<\/p>\nFriday, Oct 26\u00a0 Finally, the man down the road and over some, who owns a bulldozer for hire, arrived in our driveway to check out our needs.\u00a0 He had a tree fall on his house, so our project is put off over a week from now.\u00a0 I hope it doesn’t snow to stick before it gets done.\u00a0 The snow we had earlier in the week is mostly gone.<\/p>\nNoon today was a scholarship luncheon in Bouillon Hall, the old building where I had a nice office on the second floor with a wonderful view, and much space, for over 10 years.\u00a0 We had 3 different soups, and I sampled them all.\u00a0 First was an Italian Toscana soup (made with onions, bacon, sausage, potatoes, and whipping cream); second, a corn chowder with potatoes; third, a taco soup, with red kidney beans, ground beef and a chili-like base.\u00a0 Whole wheat rolls and butter, and a green salad with cherry tomatoes.\u00a0 If that wasn’t enough, our hostesses had two wonderful homemade pies.\u00a0 The most unusual was layered with caramelized nuts, pumpkin, cream cheese cake, and a yummy crust.\u00a0 Best pie I have had recently, but she also had a yummy apple pie with a Dutch apple crumbly topping.\u00a0 From there, on my way out of the building I grabbed two heavy- duty boxes, flattened but very usable, in which to recycle paper.\u00a0 Then off to SAIL class, carrying a box of apples to the Adult Activity Center to share with my class, and also, I took along 10 pounds of onions to share with an older couple, both members of our class plus a smaller box of apples for them.\u00a0 Of all things, I then had to drop by where we played music Thursday, in order to pick up a Tambourine our oldest member (83) left behind.\u00a0 I retrieved it.\u00a0 Then in the afternoon, late, after 5:00 we picked up a large pizza, had it cut into 16 pieces, and took it to our friends house a block away, where John stayed while they went to the viewing of my friend who died.\u00a0 I had some pizza with John and a few of the family, before they left for the funeral home, and I left for a retirement home, to play and sing gospel music from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00.\u00a0 They had a birthday cake afterwards, and I stayed for a piece.\u00a0 Then left about 7:20 and drove back by the funeral home, and made a stop to visit with the family.\u00a0 I gave one of the sons a ride back to the house, went inside for a short visit and to pick up John to drive home.\u00a0 Tomorrow will be a much longer day.<\/p>\nSaturday, Oct 27\u00a0 More rain.\u00a0 We had to leave before noon today to get to town in time for the family to get to the church and set up things before the funeral.\u00a0 I stayed in their house with John for a little bit and then donned my raincoat and drove about a block to Jack in the Box to get our lunch.\u00a0 John wanted a full one with a drink, cheeseburger, and fries, and I got a small hamburger and shared his fries.\u00a0 We only visited for a short while and I left to go to the funeral, to meet another friend there.\u00a0 It was a beautiful service with 4 immediate family members giving Eulogies, a trio of musician friends (Flute, Cello, & Harp), playing Ashokan Farewell<\/em>.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.jayandmolly.com\/ashokanfarewell.shtml<\/a><\/p>\nThat was a meaningful song for the deceased and his family, and they were playing from his handwritten music score for the piece.\u00a0 All musicians in the valley are used to his crafted music, with notes and chords, and transposed versions for a trumpet or Bb clarinet.\u00a0 We will now permanently include that song in our group playings in his honor.<\/p>\nThe audience sang two hymns, and the bishop said a few words.\u00a0 It was special for me because the bishop is also our eye doctor.\u00a0 After the service, the family left for the cemetery.\u00a0 It was raining the whole day, but thankfully, the rain stopped for the trip to the cemetery, the burial service, and the trip back to the church.\u00a0 Then it started pouring again and it is still raining, at 9:30 tonight.\u00a0 John was staying in the house to watch out for it while I participated in the funeral.\u00a0 I did not go to the cemetery, but went back and visited with John for an hour, and returned to the church for a dinner.\u00a0 I got there 1\/2 hour before the group who went to the cemetery, but was able to sit and visit with friends.\u00a0 Once everyone got there we had a ham dinner, with rolls, salad, rice and potato casseroles, and desserts.\u00a0 I should have picked up two pieces of ham my first time through, but didn’t, because when I went back through the line after everyone was seated and many were done 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![http:\/\/www.locallocalhistory.co.uk\/studies\/roof-shapes\/roof-names-ds.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nFolks that design houses must live in apartments.\u00a0 Note the different orientation of the garage\/roof in each of these:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/gemoftheweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/front-house-w-garage.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nversus<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.englandhouseplans.com\/House_plans\/PlanImages\/elev_lrS1025B.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nImagine a foot of snow on each sliding and melting into a pile on the ground.\u00a0 That one place would have a frozen mess right in front of the garage door — as does ours \u2013 while the second one would have the garage accessible but the front door would be a wet and snowy mess.\u00a0 Yes, the fancy house has \u201crain\u201d gutters \u2013 so called because they are not too helpful with snow and ice, and unless heated, have a tendency to be ripped off by those added weights.\u00a0 Oh well \u2013 we should move to a warmer place.<\/p>\nI worked on notifying friends about the upcoming funeral and copied the obituary published in this afternoon’s paper.\u00a0 I got it out long before it was on the newsstands, so that was neat.\u00a0 Had a few responses and had to respond.\u00a0 Then at the last minute I was rushing from a fast breakfast to get dressed to leave for town to play music at the Food Bank.\u00a0 I walked out onto the front porch and was standing there waiting for John to push the snow off the windshield, doors, and windows, when the phone rang.\u00a0 I decided to go back in and catch it, hoping it wasn’t a political call, which we have gotten 2 and 3 of some days.\u00a0 It was my banjo buddy I was to meet at noon, saying she had rolled her car and totaled it coming to EBRG from S. Cle Elum and wouldn’t be able to play today.\u00a0 Luckily, she was not hurt.\u00a0 But, I turned around and decided not to go to town.\u00a0 I had plenty of chores needing done, and tomorrow we both are going to town for several things.<\/p>\nThursday, Oct 25.\u00a0 I got a Noon haircut from my neighbor around the rural block.\u00a0 Left at 1:25 for the afternoon in town with John. \u00a0While I was playing music, he went and bought groceries, picked up his eye ointment, bought some things on sale, saving $16.00, stuff we would buy anyway, so it truly was a saving.\u00a0 John picked me up and we drove a block up the street for me to have blood taken for an INR check. \u00a0Then to the bank, and on our way to the next stop, friends from Yakima came up behind us at a stop light, honked, and pulled us over to talk.\u00a0 We met his daughter and her husband who were here from Virginia till Saturday.\u00a0 Hope they don’t run into problems flying back into the influence of the hurricane, Sandy.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl#contents<\/a><\/p>\nOf all things we visited outside our cars in the Jack in the Box parking lot.\u00a0 What a chance meeting.\u00a0 Small world.\u00a0 Then on to the library, where all the metal inside my body set off the alarms, and scared me, so I asked to be escorted out through a different exit, at the back loading dock.\u00a0 Thank God it did not set my ICD off to shock me.\u00a0 Then off to pick up the bags of onions.\u00a0 Dinner of leftovers tonight, but I added a full tomato for myself, from our garden.\u00a0 Boy, it was excellent.\u00a0 (Oh, John also cut a bunch of the lower limbs from the Mt. Ash tree to keep the deer from jumping over the 4′ fence to come eat them.\u00a0 We don\u2019t want a deer getting hung up in the fence but they are welcome to the berries.\u00a0 Also, he had to pull out and cut our gorgeous grape vine leaves, which froze badly overnight.\u00a0 The lilac plant still has green leaves.\u00a0 Go figure.<\/p>\nFriday, Oct 26\u00a0 Finally, the man down the road and over some, who owns a bulldozer for hire, arrived in our driveway to check out our needs.\u00a0 He had a tree fall on his house, so our project is put off over a week from now.\u00a0 I hope it doesn’t snow to stick before it gets done.\u00a0 The snow we had earlier in the week is mostly gone.<\/p>\nNoon today was a scholarship luncheon in Bouillon Hall, the old building where I had a nice office on the second floor with a wonderful view, and much space, for over 10 years.\u00a0 We had 3 different soups, and I sampled them all.\u00a0 First was an Italian Toscana soup (made with onions, bacon, sausage, potatoes, and whipping cream); second, a corn chowder with potatoes; third, a taco soup, with red kidney beans, ground beef and a chili-like base.\u00a0 Whole wheat rolls and butter, and a green salad with cherry tomatoes.\u00a0 If that wasn’t enough, our hostesses had two wonderful homemade pies.\u00a0 The most unusual was layered with caramelized nuts, pumpkin, cream cheese cake, and a yummy crust.\u00a0 Best pie I have had recently, but she also had a yummy apple pie with a Dutch apple crumbly topping.\u00a0 From there, on my way out of the building I grabbed two heavy- duty boxes, flattened but very usable, in which to recycle paper.\u00a0 Then off to SAIL class, carrying a box of apples to the Adult Activity Center to share with my class, and also, I took along 10 pounds of onions to share with an older couple, both members of our class plus a smaller box of apples for them.\u00a0 Of all things, I then had to drop by where we played music Thursday, in order to pick up a Tambourine our oldest member (83) left behind.\u00a0 I retrieved it.\u00a0 Then in the afternoon, late, after 5:00 we picked up a large pizza, had it cut into 16 pieces, and took it to our friends house a block away, where John stayed while they went to the viewing of my friend who died.\u00a0 I had some pizza with John and a few of the family, before they left for the funeral home, and I left for a retirement home, to play and sing gospel music from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00.\u00a0 They had a birthday cake afterwards, and I stayed for a piece.\u00a0 Then left about 7:20 and drove back by the funeral home, and made a stop to visit with the family.\u00a0 I gave one of the sons a ride back to the house, went inside for a short visit and to pick up John to drive home.\u00a0 Tomorrow will be a much longer day.<\/p>\nSaturday, Oct 27\u00a0 More rain.\u00a0 We had to leave before noon today to get to town in time for the family to get to the church and set up things before the funeral.\u00a0 I stayed in their house with John for a little bit and then donned my raincoat and drove about a block to Jack in the Box to get our lunch.\u00a0 John wanted a full one with a drink, cheeseburger, and fries, and I got a small hamburger and shared his fries.\u00a0 We only visited for a short while and I left to go to the funeral, to meet another friend there.\u00a0 It was a beautiful service with 4 immediate family members giving Eulogies, a trio of musician friends (Flute, Cello, & Harp), playing Ashokan Farewell<\/em>.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.jayandmolly.com\/ashokanfarewell.shtml<\/a><\/p>\nThat was a meaningful song for the deceased and his family, and they were playing from his handwritten music score for the piece.\u00a0 All musicians in the valley are used to his crafted music, with notes and chords, and transposed versions for a trumpet or Bb clarinet.\u00a0 We will now permanently include that song in our group playings in his honor.<\/p>\nThe audience sang two hymns, and the bishop said a few words.\u00a0 It was special for me because the bishop is also our eye doctor.\u00a0 After the service, the family left for the cemetery.\u00a0 It was raining the whole day, but thankfully, the rain stopped for the trip to the cemetery, the burial service, and the trip back to the church.\u00a0 Then it started pouring again and it is still raining, at 9:30 tonight.\u00a0 John was staying in the house to watch out for it while I participated in the funeral.\u00a0 I did not go to the cemetery, but went back and visited with John for an hour, and returned to the church for a dinner.\u00a0 I got there 1\/2 hour before the group who went to the cemetery, but was able to sit and visit with friends.\u00a0 Once everyone got there we had a ham dinner, with rolls, salad, rice and potato casseroles, and desserts.\u00a0 I should have picked up two pieces of ham my first time through, but didn’t, because when I went back through the line after everyone was seated and many were done 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![http:\/\/gemoftheweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/front-house-w-garage.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nversus<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.englandhouseplans.com\/House_plans\/PlanImages\/elev_lrS1025B.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nImagine a foot of snow on each sliding and melting into a pile on the ground.\u00a0 That one place would have a frozen mess right in front of the garage door — as does ours \u2013 while the second one would have the garage accessible but the front door would be a wet and snowy mess.\u00a0 Yes, the fancy house has \u201crain\u201d gutters \u2013 so called because they are not too helpful with snow and ice, and unless heated, have a tendency to be ripped off by those added weights.\u00a0 Oh well \u2013 we should move to a warmer place.<\/p>\nI worked on notifying friends about the upcoming funeral and copied the obituary published in this afternoon’s paper.\u00a0 I got it out long before it was on the newsstands, so that was neat.\u00a0 Had a few responses and had to respond.\u00a0 Then at the last minute I was rushing from a fast breakfast to get dressed to leave for town to play music at the Food Bank.\u00a0 I walked out onto the front porch and was standing there waiting for John to push the snow off the windshield, doors, and windows, when the phone rang.\u00a0 I decided to go back in and catch it, hoping it wasn’t a political call, which we have gotten 2 and 3 of some days.\u00a0 It was my banjo buddy I was to meet at noon, saying she had rolled her car and totaled it coming to EBRG from S. 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sausage, potatoes, and whipping cream); second, a corn chowder with potatoes; third, a taco soup, with red kidney beans, ground beef and a chili-like base.\u00a0 Whole wheat rolls and butter, and a green salad with cherry tomatoes.\u00a0 If that wasn’t enough, our hostesses had two wonderful homemade pies.\u00a0 The most unusual was layered with caramelized nuts, pumpkin, cream cheese cake, and a yummy crust.\u00a0 Best pie I have had recently, but she also had a yummy apple pie with a Dutch apple crumbly topping.\u00a0 From there, on my way out of the building I grabbed two heavy- duty boxes, flattened but very usable, in which to recycle paper.\u00a0 Then off to SAIL class, carrying a box of apples to the Adult Activity Center to share with my class, and also, I took along 10 pounds of onions to share with an older couple, both members of our class plus a smaller box of apples for them.\u00a0 Of all things, I then had to drop by where we played music Thursday, in order to pick up a Tambourine our oldest member (83) left behind.\u00a0 I retrieved it.\u00a0 Then in the afternoon, late, after 5:00 we picked up a large pizza, had it cut into 16 pieces, and took it to our friends house a block away, where John stayed while they went to the viewing of my friend who died.\u00a0 I had some pizza with John and a few of the family, before they left for the funeral home, and I left for a retirement home, to play and sing gospel music from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00.\u00a0 They had a birthday cake afterwards, and I stayed for a piece.\u00a0 Then left about 7:20 and drove back by the funeral home, and made a stop to visit with the family.\u00a0 I gave one of the sons a ride back to the house, went inside for a short visit and to pick up John to drive home.\u00a0 Tomorrow will be a much longer day.<\/p>\nSaturday, Oct 27\u00a0 More rain.\u00a0 We had to leave before noon today to get to town in time for the family to get to the church and set up things before the funeral.\u00a0 I stayed in their house with John for a little bit and then donned my raincoat and drove about a block to Jack in the Box to get our lunch.\u00a0 John wanted a full one with a drink, cheeseburger, and fries, and I got a small hamburger and shared his fries.\u00a0 We only visited for a short while and I left to go to the funeral, to meet another friend there.\u00a0 It was a beautiful service with 4 immediate family members giving Eulogies, a trio of musician friends (Flute, Cello, & Harp), playing Ashokan Farewell<\/em>.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.jayandmolly.com\/ashokanfarewell.shtml<\/a><\/p>\nThat was a meaningful song for the deceased and his family, and they were playing from his handwritten music score for the piece.\u00a0 All musicians in the valley are used to his crafted music, with notes and chords, and transposed versions for a trumpet or Bb clarinet.\u00a0 We will now permanently include that song in our group playings in his honor.<\/p>\nThe audience sang two hymns, and the bishop 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![http:\/\/www.englandhouseplans.com\/House_plans\/PlanImages\/elev_lrS1025B.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nImagine a foot of snow on each sliding and melting into a pile on the ground.\u00a0 That one place would have a frozen mess right in front of the garage door — as does ours \u2013 while the second one would have the garage accessible but the front door would be a wet and snowy mess.\u00a0 Yes, the fancy house has \u201crain\u201d gutters \u2013 so called because they are not too helpful with snow and ice, and unless heated, have a tendency to be ripped off by those added weights.\u00a0 Oh well \u2013 we should move to a warmer place.<\/p>\nI worked on notifying friends about the upcoming funeral and copied the obituary published in this afternoon’s paper.\u00a0 I got it out long before it was on the newsstands, so that was neat.\u00a0 Had a few responses and had to respond.\u00a0 Then at the last minute I was rushing from a fast breakfast to get dressed to leave for town to play music at the Food Bank.\u00a0 I walked out onto the front porch and was standing there waiting for John to push the snow off the windshield, doors, and windows, when the phone rang.\u00a0 I decided to go back in and catch it, hoping it wasn’t a political call, which we have gotten 2 and 3 of some days.\u00a0 It was my banjo buddy I was to meet at noon, saying she had rolled her car and totaled it coming to EBRG from S. Cle Elum and wouldn’t be able to play today.\u00a0 Luckily, she was not hurt.\u00a0 But, I turned around and decided not to go to town.\u00a0 I had plenty of chores needing done, and tomorrow we both are going to town for several things.<\/p>\nThursday, Oct 25.\u00a0 I got a Noon haircut from my neighbor around the rural block.\u00a0 Left at 1:25 for the afternoon in town with John. \u00a0While I was playing music, he went and bought groceries, picked up his eye ointment, bought some things on sale, saving $16.00, stuff we would buy anyway, so it truly was a saving.\u00a0 John picked me up and we drove a block up the street for me to have blood taken for an INR check. \u00a0Then to the bank, and on our way to the next stop, friends from Yakima came up behind us at a stop light, honked, and pulled us over to talk.\u00a0 We met his daughter and her husband who were here from Virginia till Saturday.\u00a0 Hope they don’t run into problems flying back into the influence of the hurricane, Sandy.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl#contents<\/a><\/p>\nOf all things we visited outside our cars in the Jack in the Box parking lot.\u00a0 What a chance meeting.\u00a0 Small world.\u00a0 Then on to the library, where all the metal inside my body set off the alarms, and scared me, so I asked to be escorted out through a different exit, at the back loading dock.\u00a0 Thank God it did not set my ICD off to shock me.\u00a0 Then off to pick up the bags of onions.\u00a0 Dinner of leftovers tonight, but I added a full tomato for myself, from our garden.\u00a0 Boy, it was excellent.\u00a0 (Oh, John also cut a bunch of the lower limbs from the Mt. 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Tambourine our oldest member (83) left behind.\u00a0 I retrieved it.\u00a0 Then in the afternoon, late, after 5:00 we picked up a large pizza, had it cut into 16 pieces, and took it to our friends house a block away, where John stayed while they went to the viewing of my friend who died.\u00a0 I had some pizza with John and a few of the family, before they left for the funeral home, and I left for a retirement home, to play and sing gospel music from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00.\u00a0 They had a birthday cake afterwards, and I stayed for a piece.\u00a0 Then left about 7:20 and drove back by the funeral home, and made a stop to visit with the family.\u00a0 I gave one of the sons a ride back to the house, went inside for a short visit and to pick up John to drive home.\u00a0 Tomorrow will be a much longer day.<\/p>\nSaturday, Oct 27\u00a0 More rain.\u00a0 We had to leave before noon today to get to town in time for the family to get to the church and set up things before the funeral.\u00a0 I 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