Guess we will start with Halloween Sunday because we sent the last one out on Saturday night before the scary day.<\/p>\n
Today we had a blast going to a friend\u2019s house on the other side of the valley.\u00a0 He and John talked wood, picked apples, and watched deer while I visited with his wife, inside the house.\u00a0 We have never had a sit down talk for such a long time.\u00a0 I found out all sorts of things I did not know about her, her family, and her job here at CWU.\u00a0 She retired 1994.\u00a0 Wow.. so long ago, and I did not realize that.\u00a0 Before we left, they gave us a box of beautiful tomatoes, a bag of magnum-size onions, half of a huge squash, and about a hundred pounds of apples.
\nThen we went by Rhu’s house and enjoyed seeing the kids dressed up for Halloween.\u00a0 We had chili and cornbread with them and left before they left to take the kids trick or treating.\u00a0 We took Ritz crackers and grated cheddar cheese to put on the chili.\u00a0 Yum.\u00a0\u00a0 Rhu greeted us as long lost buddies, but he is settling fine in his new home.\u00a0 He has been going running with each of the parents separately, and going off lead, but staying around.\u00a0 That is good.\u00a0 I\u2019m surprised because I would not trust his mom or dad to stick around.
\nMonday was exercise class for me, and cutting wood (while the sun shined) for John.\u00a0 Then the rest of the day was miserable for outside work.<\/p>\n
Tuesday, John got up early to get to the dentist\u2019s office for a teeth cleaning, and then he went shopping and to get tires put on his Subaru.\u00a0 The stock tires did not last long \u2013 about 27,000 miles \u2013 but the new ones are supposed to last 70K.\u00a0 We\u2019ll see.\u00a0 Now he is out doing something with a chain saw and the sun is still shining.\u00a0 I\u2019m inside on the computer, but ready to stop and write some more thank you notes for the retirement celebration.<\/p>\n
I had to change our Kittitas Valley Fiddlers & Friends performance at Hearthstone this month, because it would be on Thanksgiving Day.\u00a0 We will go instead the day before, and then to the community dinner (free) at the Moose Lounge.\u00a0 It used to be at the Adult Activity Center, but they have moved it and they run buses every half hour from there, if people want to get a ride over from the Senior Center.\u00a0 There is also a potluck with hamburgers and hotdogs at the Sr. Ctr. this Friday to celebrate Veterans\u2019 Day.<\/p>\n
Wednesday \u2013 busy day.\u00a0 John worked in the yard all day on various chores besides the normal ones.\u00a0 I left and went to town mid-day to shop and go to my exercise class and the post office.\u00a0 Then home and John was still out.\u00a0 He came in and helped me with something on his computer & printer, and then took a very short nap.\u00a0 We went back to town for the WA Geology lecture, tonight on Mt. Rainier, titled, \u201dMt. Rainier: Past, Present, & Future.\u201d\u00a0 As usual, it was an excellent presentation.\u00a0 If we owned property in Orting, Puyallup, Enumclaw, or some other places over near Puget Sound, built on ancient mud flows from Mt. Rainier, we would be selling our property before the mountain starts rumbling.\u00a0 A mud flow would wipe out a lot of people and built-up area.\u00a0 It will happen.<\/p>\n
Thursday was a day of music and lecture in the afternoon.\u00a0 Morning was rather short, because I slept in, after a restless night.\u00a0 I did finish all my notes of thanks to my colleagues to take in to the lecture today.\u00a0 John stayed home to move sections of tree trunk to under a large cottonwood (for shade) where he can cut it and split it later. \u00a0We have a free-standing wood stove but we prefer not to have the smoke, ash, and mess in the house.\u00a0 But it is there if we need it.\u00a0 Most of the trees come from the neighbor\u2019s property and they get most of it.\u00a0 They like having the fire.\u00a0 We don\u2019t.\u00a0 John has a heavy splitting maul [ http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Splitting_maul<\/a> ] and gets lots of exercise in the making of fire wood.\u00a0 He sometimes sells some of the dried wood to pay for the gas, oil, and wear and tear on saw and truck.<\/p>\n Before music, I stopped by an old gentleman\u2019s house who is in the trail riders club, to pick up an article about poisonous plants he wanted John to have for the newsletter he is constructing to mail out this Saturday.\u00a0 Then on to Royal Vista nursing home.\u00a0 Seven of us showed up to play for the residents of the nursing home, but we had to compete with noise on the roof, from a re-roofing project.\u00a0 That brought back memories of our own re-roofing \u201cnoise\u201d this spring.\u00a0 We are very happy with our new roof for the winter season and fall rains.<\/p>\n After that, we visited a bit with the residents and then I took off for the university to hear a visiting professor, who has moved into my old office, give a talk on Mt. Rainier, Perceptions of Climbers to the peak.\u00a0 It was very interesting, and had beautiful photography, along with the report of his research findings.\u00a0 He interviewed climbers on the top of the mountain, before and after their climb, about their perceptions of risks and hazards associated with the visit.\u00a0 He classified them into groups of novice, intermediate, and advanced climbers.\u00a0 His results and stories were enlightening.<\/p>\n Here we are already–Friday, and I\u2019m not even working, but still have the \u201cTGIF\u201d feeling. Is that odd, or what? \u00a0Today was a cool day.\u00a0 It started out slowly, but I was out of here headed to town at 11:00 a.m. for a music play session for a Veterans\u2019 Day Picnic Potluck.\u00a0 Actually the potluck, I joined before the music started.\u00a0 The Senior Center provided the grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, and people brought side dishes.\u00a0 The Veterans there (including one nurse, female) were given a nice card with a little HERO badge to wear.\u00a0 It was quite nicely done and we applauded them all. \u00a0There were several ladies from my exercise class (which followed, at 1:30), and we sat together and visited and ate.\u00a0 At noon a lady from the community came in with her accordion, and music & words for all the people there, and we sang patriotic songs.\u00a0 I dressed up in my white blouse, white shoes, blue pants, and a neat red and blue vest.\u00a0 I played my violin with the accordionist, and we sang the songs together, and all the audience sang along really well.\u00a0 I did not know all of the songs, but most of them, and I played along a background on those I didn\u2019t really know.<\/p>\n John spent the end of the week, and finally tonight, finishing his newsletter for the trail riders club.\u00a0 It\u2019s a nice one, although shorter than usual.\u00a0 He has come down with another sneezy cold.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know where we are catching these bugs, but he says he read that you are more likely to get cold viruses from shaking hands with someone than being in their sneeze.\u00a0 Interesting.\u00a0 I hope I don\u2019t catch it this time, as I did last.\u00a0 My nose has been runny, but I don\u2019t think I have a cold, yet.\u00a0 I just got over the last one.<\/p>\n Saturday.. morning early I dressed and got to the music building on campus for a free workshop by Geoffrey Castle, an incredible musician and technician.\u00a0 He gave a concert last night at the Univ., and sadly I did not go.\u00a0 Next time he is in town I will be there.\u00a0 He gave a two-hour workshop today to explain what it is he does, how he composes and improvises and how he plays an electric 6-string fiddle (violin).\u00a0 He was trained as a classical musician, but he has immersed himself in all types of music including Celtic, country, blues, jazz, rock, pop, middle eastern music, and just about anything you can imagine.<\/p>\n You can find more about him on his web site: www.geoffreycastle.com<\/a> Go visit it and be sure to listen to his rendition on video of Orange Blossom Special.<\/p>\n OH, one last message.\u00a0 I received a phone call tonight from a fellow who farms and hunts here in the valley.\u00a0 He has a pup (liver and white female) from our recent litter.\u00a0 Quail season opened Oct 5th<\/sup>, and before that he had started running her in his fields.\u00a0 Now he has been hunting with her and he is thrilled to report that she is birdy, showed hunting instincts very early, and is pointing and retrieving to him.\u00a0 He has shot 33 quail over her this season.\u00a0 She is just 5 months old.\u00a0 It was very nice to get his phone call tonight and hear about how happy he and she are.\u00a0 He had had a dog from us 14 years ago, who died early this year.\u00a0 So this makes it even more special.<\/p>\n I think I will end here this week, and pick up with Sunday in next week\u2019s blog.\u00a0 Have a nice week, and we\u2019ll see you back soon.<\/p>\n Nancy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Guess we will start with Halloween Sunday because we sent the last one out on Saturday night before the scary day. 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