What is your weather like ... today

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I know alot come to Va as houses and taxes are so cheap .I pay 35 dollars a year for my 1 acre lots and a thousand for the lot the house is on .I have what they call a view lot
 

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Wow thats cheap taxes Sissy! Movin down your road soon.... then we can have coffee by your pond!

Early this evening we had and thundershower roll in and the rain freshened up the ground, The weather tonight is so beautiful, right now it is about 65 degrees, hummidity very high, and close to 1 am in the morning. I am sitting outside in the bug free zone and I hear the train off in the far distance, and the hum of the odd car driving down the avenue, other than that all is pretty quiet, except the bark of the dog across the ally. Now I hear voices out front, comming from the street, sounds of giggles, must be teanage kids, no one can see me behind this fence with the dark curtin. but if they took a peak and looked over the fence. then they might see me.... then for sure I befwould jump very high and scream for sure! Oh but the big dogs would see and hear them comming and bark for sure!

So much excitement here in the dark; so restless, the moon must have power over me. I have gone mad and started a cobble stoned pathway by the new padio, and earlier this evening while out with the dogs. I collected lots of nice round but strangely flat smooth river stones, from along the river. I must watch for snakes this time of the year, as I ran into a little snake on the road the other day.

Look at the newly stoned pathway I created by the new padio, just tonight, in the dark, with dim lights, you can see the one side of the "bottom pond" the globe light shines. The path leads up to the other two top ponds and I want to finish the stone cobbling all the way up. Some of the charcoal colored cement blocks are still damp, giving it a checkered look right now!
 

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Thanks C E, my old school friend she gave me that picture frame yesterday, and I must say I am just so thankful to have it! I have hung two different clay succulent dishes on the frame, that don't need lots of water. I love my succulents and love to have interesting ways to display them. I have changed that section so much this year, it used to have an old swing bench that I now have moved to the front yard.
 

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Thanks my friends! I am up early again, have to much to do and now I have become obsessed with gathering more flat found cobbling stones, and Big Lou it is very relaxing! I saved a ton of money just doing every thing myself. Lots of stuff is given to me by my good friends who love to come relax with me and then want to donate their old stuff for my garden. I got the rocks for free, the bug free zone stuff was mostly on sale and bought last fall, and the cement 50 pound stones were 6 dollars each, but just moving six blocks and Workin them in place, every day for the last few weeks, was a good workout for sure! My back is fine, but my hands are sore and stiff these days.
Making fresh pot of coffee, such a lovely morning, last night's little thunderstorm made the air smell sweet and fresh. Going to have my coffee out by the pond and relax. The hard work I put into padio just makes everything just more enjoyable...
 

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well i am packed and ready to leave monday so hoping for nice weather .I will just do another mowing tomorrow so it does not look so bad when i come back .Son will take care of dogs .A few things to do by the pond to make sure every thing is working right and there hopefully won't be any problems .Except for doggies missing us .Cleaned filters in furnace and back flushed manually the water filter just to make sure it is working right ,emptied settlement chambers and checked the uv on house filter .
 

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yeh colleen need coffee here too and we had a bad storm yesterday .I was amazed that it went from sunny to black out so fast .
 

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Going to Cherokee NC 5 hours from my house we have free room for 4 days with meals at harrahs resort down there .Get to see some of the area also on the way down .Going through Asheville NC where Biltmore Mansion is .Doctor gave hubby permission to go .
 

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Sounds so nice and relaxing, i like the part of free meals cause I am always hungry! I am going to the farmers market today to get fresh veggies and some nice red meat, I eat lots of red meat on the rare side these days as it gives me lots of long lasting energy. They have this new beef jerky fresh, fesh made chipole and lime, and I drool worse than my Bear dog when I eat it, the Chipole Lime tastes so good with the beef. They also have the freshest carrots at the farmers maket, love carrots but they but they don't grow well in my heavy clay soil.

Need to get sand and many stones, and will press the sand into the cobbled stones later today. The cobbled stone will be cheaper cause stones are free, so is sand, and tired of the expensive wood chips by the pond as they get wore out fast and then the leaves fall on top making it hard to keep tidy. This way the leaves will sweep right off the cobbled path way once I have finished....
 

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Rubber mulch is good too .Just got my confirmation done and nice people called from there and told me that evenings do get cooler to bring a light jacket .How nice ,a guy named Joe called .He also said there is a nurse on staff at all times and a doctor oncall just in case any hotel guest needs it .There is also a welcome package and a anniversary gift for us .Even if it is a delayed anniversary .Gotta love farm markets fresh fruit and veggies all grown with lots of loving hands and mother nature watching over it all .
 

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oh congrats and hope it is the prettiest day ever .It did rain on my day and look 40 years later so not bad luck at all
 

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