In Muddy Canyon Yesterday.
BonnieJoe is still painting the wood trim on all the buildings. Guess they took the cattle out of Doc's pastures here yesterday. So no more cows around, just a couple old ones and a bull I suppose they will come and get later. So we should be able to leave the front gate open again. But next they will be gathering all the cattle from the mountains and bringing them into the pastures. It's time for them to come home from their summer in the high country.
Sat under the shower on my bath stool for about 30 minutes this morning drinking hot tea with honey. It helps me get relaxed and helped my sore neck feel better. I visited with Sheral this morning. They didn't fly to Houston yet to visit the kids as was the plan. The airlines weren't flying into Houston for a few days so they are on a "holding pattern" until they get another reservation. Then Betty Pfaff called this afternoon and it was sure good to talk to her too. She said she's doing a little more history writing now and spending lots of time doing family things.
Will be putting another small ad in each paper for the art show in the barn again. It's been pretty quiet for the show lately. It will keep hanging probably until the middle of October if anyone wants to come out.
This afternoon I sat and deleted more of the duplicate email messages. And you know how I fall asleep so easy sitting here in the chair. I drowzed off with my finger on the delete button and deleted about 4000 messages without saving one of the duplicates. So had to get that all straightened out. I finally decided just to put them all back and start over. Anyway have made a little progress with that project. Hopefully it will allow the computer to run faster as I gradually get most of them out of the folders.
We know about seven or so families who are down in Texas in the path of the hurricane, most of them Thomas relatives, but it sounds like everyone is doing o.k. that we know of. We are thankful for that. I always wish we would get some of that rain to fill up our groundwater supplies. Another quiet day, lovely weather and that should continue for at least a week.
This weekend's full Moon has a special name--the Harvest Moon. It's the full Moon closest to the northern autumnal equinox. In years past, farmers depended on the light of the Harvest Moon to gather ripening crops late into the night. Post-Edison, we appreciate it mainly for its beauty. Be alert in the nights ahead for Harvest Moon halos, coronas and 'dogs. Visit http://spaceweather.com/ for example and more information. AURORA WATCH: Around the Arctic Circle, moonlight will compete with Northern Lights. A solar wind stream flowing from a coronal hole on the sun is due to hit Earth on Sept. 13th or 14th, possibly sparking high-latitude geomagnetic storms. Sky watchers from Alaska to Scandinavia should be alert for auroras.: http://spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01sep08.htm
