Sunny Day

 

It was dark when I got up. After I got up, I turned on the morning news. It hasn't change very much. I made old fashion oatmeal mush. I fed the cats. After breakfast we watched more TV. Later we got the mail. Still later we went to the book barn where Carol got three books. We had beans and zucchini bread for lunch; I worked in the back yard most of the afternoon. With a chain saw I started cutting branches of the dead tree. I drug the branches out to the truck. The chain kept coming off. I would go the garage and take off the chain and put it back together. I did this several times. the last time it came off, I was able to turn the saw upside down and make it work. 

This is some of the tree cut up in pieces.

Another photo with the chain saw hiding in the middle of the photo. 

Some of branches laying on the ground. 

More Rain

 

When I got up this morning, I opened the front door and could see that had been raining. I showered and got dressed. I watched the morning news. I fed the cats. Carol gets up. I watered all the ln door plants. We watched the morning TV shows. After breakfast I shredded a lot of business paper. Carol went to her exercise class. I shredded more papers. I adjusted the kitchen clock. It was off by one hour. I had to get the big stepladder. When Carol got back, we drove to Fillmore and filled the car with gas. Carol let me off at Dan Speakman's office. He adjusted my laptop computer. After that I crossed the road and me Carol at the market. We then went to the drug store. Carol got some greeting cards and some medication. We had spaghetti for lunch it was good. I went out to the back yard and started to cut the branches of the dead tree that fell over.

I got my chain saw and began to cut off branches.

Here is another picture.

I put the branches in the back of the truck. I would have done more, but the chain came of the saw several times.

New Month

I slept in this morning. My alarm didn't go off. I was. She prepared potatoes and a sweet potato. They were put in the oven. After a while late for everything. I fed the cats. It rained some during the night. Carol prepared the potatoes for baking and I set the time. Soon after that we got ready for church. It was raining some when we left. There was a couple of cars parked. We wondered, what is the problem? Carol opened the back door and turned on the hallway light. There was no one there. We then went home and checked the time; Day light time had ended. We waited a while and went back to church. The meetings went well. We then went back home and ate our Sunday dinner. I had a baked potato smothered with butter. we also had fried chicken nuggets. And butter nut squash. We watched TV channel eleven. The rain continued. We could watch TV because Robert cut all of the tree branches covering the dish.

Robert Came

 

Robert came. The first thing that he did was to get the ladder and climb on the roof of the house and cut all of the branches off the tree that was blocking signal to the satellite dish. The truck battery was dead. We put cables from his car battery to the truck battery. We let it run a long time. finally, the truck started. He backed it to the backyard. We did a lot of cutting and trimming trees and shrubs. 

This topaz melon has been in the for months and was spoiled. I put it in the hen house for the chickens,

This a photo of the truck full of branches. We made four trips to the dump.

Robert is cutting shrubs. This one has a lot of thorns.

Robert is is inside of greenhouse five cutting down a small elm tree.

The chrysanthemum on the west side of the porch had dipped over. I moved it higher up to the next step. Halloween. We had 24 trick or treaters. Carol kept track of how many children came. We had a lot of candy left over.

Shredding

After breakfast we watched some of the morning news and TV shows.  At ten Carol went to her exercise class. While she was gone, I dumped the shredded in a large nursery can, I then went into my bedroom and be to shred papers that was in my file cabinet. The first folder belonged to Richard. There were papers about his early work experiences and marriages. Most were about bills that I paid. Carol made grilled cheese sandwiches. They were very good. I shredded more papers. Most of them had to do old bills that I filled away. I kept a day-to-day journal. This afternoon it began to rain; there was enough rain that interrupted the TV signal. I went out to the back of the house and was able move the leaves away from the dish. It started to rain again. I was able to read another chapter in the Book of Mormon.

A couple of days ago I picked some green looking topaz melons. Carol removed the seeds and cut the flesh in to small pieces. They were good. 

Carol made cheeseburger sandwiches for lunch and they were good. 

The Temple

 Carol was up before me this morning. After showering I put on some of my Sunday clothes. After breakfast I we got ready to go to temple in Payson. A man there called me name, I didn't recognize him, but later membered him. We had an enjoyable session. before I left, I met man from the Holden ward and my brother, Ray. He is a temple worker on Tuesday, but today he was there for a session. We stopped at the Red Barn to see what they had. We then drove to Nephi and bought two ice cream cones. We then to Levan on the way home. When we got home, Carol made some cheese sandwiches. I then carved the pumpkines.

This the big pumpkind that we bought several weeks ago. it is setting on pot. the plant had died.

This a wrinkled pumpkin. It was hard to carve. We had a hot pepper that I inserted in the mouth to make a tung.

Here are the pumpkins on the front porch.

 

Midweek

After I got up, I watched the morning news, I fed the cats and was able to touch the cat that was in the house. It was a kitten then, I fixed breakfast. We watched the morning TV shows. It was about ten this morning when Carol went to her exercise class. While she was gone, I was in my bedroom removing folders that were in the cabinet, one of folders contained stories that I wrote while we were living in Delta. There were a lot of folders that contained income and tax information. I run them through the shredder. By this time the shredder was full. We dumped the shredder. There was another folder that was full. I was full of stories that were written by my students.

Good News

 This morning I opened the back door. Tiger, our cat, lay there dead. It was a sad time. Soon after it was light I dug a hole in the ground and buried the cat. Then after the news and breakfast and after some of the morning TV shows Carol called Doctor Gross and made an appointment for to see him was at three. We drove to Fillmore. We stopped at State Bank. Carol needed some cash. We got some medication at the drug store. Then we bought some groceries and then went home. We went to the post office. The squash that I left there yesterday were mostly gone. There were some small fruits there. Carol made some bacon and tomato sandwiches which were really good. We went back to Fillmore where we met with Dr Gross. He looked at my hernia. He said it wasn't a hernia. That was the good news.

Monday Mornng

 

It started like any other morning.  Breakfast. I fed the cats and walked out the greenhouses. Later, I picked a topaz melon. It looked like it was pretty green, but I picked it any way. I removed seeds on both halves. I then cut them in thin slices. I cut of the flesh. I tasted some of it. tasted much better than I thought.

This is the finished product.

The wheelbarrow contained a lot of water from the recent rains,

Robert's tiller has been in greenhouse five. It has been covered with a tarp. The controller part wasn't covered. I covered it and secured it with two bricks. I called Robert. There was no answer. We had warmups for lunch. I walked around the yard some and then walked out the road where there was a dead cat, A close look showed that it looked like it was calico.

BYU Lost

 

Good Rest

We got up and watched the morning news. I went outside and saw a dead tree in the south-west corner of the yard that the wind blew over. It all most fell on the hen house. Carol said that she heard a noise during the night. It was a dead tree that fell. After breakfast I went out the back yard. That tall dead tree fell to the north,

I cut off many of the dead branches.

We stopped at Sam's Club and bought a bag of cat food and a few groceries. On the way home we stopped at Nephi and bought two twist ice cream cones 
The Provo temple that is under construction. We then went to the hospital where I was examined by my cardiologist. He told me that I was doing good. We then stopped at Nyleen's house. 

More Rain

This morning after breakfast we left Holden for Payson where the Payson temple if located. We were a little early and was able to go on an earlier session. After the session we went straight home. We stopped in Nephi and got ice cream cones. I rained most of time when we were going and coming home. Carol made grilled cheese sandwiches, we to Fillmore and filled the car with gas. At home we were watching the news when we lost the TV signal. After supper I went out and moved a branch that was in front of the dish. I picked a bunch of figs in green house six.

Rain

It is dark when we go to bed and when we get up. I looked out the front door. It rained some during the night.  When turned on the TV to watch the morning news. There was no signal. It was raining. 

Last night Carol asked me to get some red onions. 

I cut this topaz melon in half. I removed the seeds from one half and put the other half in the fridge

This is how the front yard looked after breakfast.

Water East Lawn

 

I was up on time. After breakfast I, started the water running on the east lawn. After the first turn, I watered the tubs and plants in the front yard and on the porch. I watered a section of the lawn and then moved the sprinkler north and watered another section. I continued this. The water pressure remand strong until the last section was watered. Carol made some good hamburger sandwiches. A little while after lunch to have her hair cut. While we were there the woman cut my hair. On the way home past the church, big backhoes were digging the ditch in front of the church.

Dug Potatoes

Up this morning on time.  After breakfast we watched some the morning TV programs. At ten Carol went to her exercise class. While she was gone, I picked two topaz melons, One had a crack one side. I removed the seeds and gave the seeds to the chickens and cut the rest in small pieces and the put them in the fridge. I out the other melon in the fridge. I did this while Carol was at her exercise class. When she got home, we drove to Fillmore where we bought some groceries. Carol made bacon and tomato sandwiches. Later in the afternoon I dug the potatoes that were in green house two. They are quite small.

I turned the sprinkler on the back lawn. It sprayed a little bit but not spray very far. I tried to take the lid off the control box. It wouldn't come off. I picked some figs on the bushes in greenhouse six,

Sunday

This morning my alarm didn't go off. I was a little late getting up. I started the slow cooker up and then I put the roast in.  I made a new batch of old fashion oatmeal mush. We watched some eleven TV shows. after breakfast I walked out to the garden. it was still a little muddy. We got ready for church, when we got to church, we set in the chapel. The speakers were really good. We came home and had a good dinner. 

I picked some yellow squash. I also got two eggs at the hen house.

Saturday

We had a good breakfast this morning. Mush and eggs. Carol vacuumed the front room and family room. I mopped the kitchen floor. We watched the channel seven TV shows. Carol went to her exercise class. We had bacon and tomato sandwiches for lunch. I was able to listen to the Notre dame vs BYU. We had sweet corn and rice for supper. I moped the kitchen floor. Carol turned the TV to channel four. We were able to watch the last quarter on TV. BYU won.

Friday

 After breakfast this morning we watched some of the morning TV shows. There was frost on top of the garage and on the covers of the topaz melons. Carol went to her exercise class. We then went Fillmore and filled the car with gas. We then drove. Once in Holden, we drove around town. Carol made bacon and tomato sandwiches. I picked a ripe topaz melon,

The sun shining on the tree west of the garage.

The Temple

 

This morning we drove to the Payson temple. Traffic wasn't bad. There was a handicapped parking spot close to the front door. We walked in showed our recommends and walked in. We went on the next session. After the session we stopped at Walmart and bought a few groceries. We stopped at the Red Barn and bought seven ears of sweet corn and raspberries. We took the road that went through the small towns on the way to Nephi. We stopped in Nephi and bought ice cream cones. The traffic going to Scipio was bad. Sometimes the left lane was closed. Other times the right lane was closed. We stopped in for mail in Holden and then went home. We put on our work clothes. I walked out to the north garden to uncover the topaz melons. I decided to wait. I went to greenhouse six and I ate fifty figs;

Rain

It rained most of the night. After I showered and got dressed, I turned on the TV to watch the morning news. There was no signal. It was dark outside. After got light, I went outside, pricked up a long PVC pipe and moved the end of a wet tree branch, When I went back in the house. The TV came on. I read a chapter in the Book of Mormon. I had soup for lunch; I also ate some topaz melon. 

This cap for a two inch pipe. It is full of rainwater.

We had some surprise visitors a couple of days ago. From left to wright. Annalee, Maryann, Ray Gary Church, Merrill, and Carol. 

There was a lot of rain, This is a photo of the rain on the front porch.

Here is water running at the base of a fruit tree located west of greenhouse five.

I covered the topaz melons with sheets of burlap to protect them from freezing. The temperature may go down 32 degrees.

The sun set showed up on the trees across the road.