The last few days have been rainy. The many, many leaves that have not been picked up now are matted to the wet grass. It will be more of a challenge to use the leaf blower now.
Joe started the coal stove Saturday. I think it happens every year that as soon as we have the coal stove going, it warms up. The temperature has been in the 60s since.
It won’t last long, I’m sure, but for now, we have the windows open to let some heat out. It isn’t many years we could wait to start the stove until November. We did use the propane lights, and that helped a lot to put some heat in the house.
We would like to put in a wall heater for the weeks that it isn’t cold enough to start the coal stove, but we just need a little heat to take the chill out of the house. With it being rainy I had to dry the clothes in the basement, so it was nice to have heat down there for that. On Saturday, Joe and I drove to town with our horse, Midnight, and the buggy.
We had a table at the Christmas bazaar to sell my cookbooks, including the one that came out this year. I also baked 24 loaves of bread Friday to take along to sell. I felt like I didn’t have time to be sitting there all day, but needless to say, my work was still all here when I came home.
Lord willing, we plan to be at the Honeyville Christmas Bazaar with my cookbooks from 8 a.m. to 3 p.
m. Dec. 7 at 4445 S.
900W, Topeka, IN 46571. It’s a heated building with food vendors and lots of parking. Come join us! The rest of the family wen.
