The Hogsty

Good evening, trick or treaters. Ten hour day of editing. Still have snow on the ground. 37 degrees,

Update: my husband measured the snow atop the doghouse which is our best gauge. The final total: fourteen inches. He's out with the snowblower. I'm headed out to knock snow off treebranches.

Winter...

Morning. 31 degrees, heavy clouds.

Don't worry, Tom. We got enough heavy white stuff for us and Thermopolis, too. I'll bet there's eight inches sitting on our patio ledge even after it compressed under its own weight. Yeah, looks like solid winter out there today.

Morning. 35 degrees and snowing. Supposed to continue through tomorrow morning.

Morning. 61 degrees and windy as heck. Glad the main part of the yard work is done. I'm thinking maybe the last plum trees might wait for pruning until early spring. Cutting down big branches by myself in a brisk wind might not be the smartest activity I could pursue.

Morning. 39 degrees. High in upper 60s and lower 70s until Tuesday when winter comes to visit. We have had such a gorgeous October, at least a couple extra weeks of perfect autumn than we usually get before snow falls hard and spoils it.

Morning. 30 degrees. Seventies predicted for the weekend. Snow predicted for Tuesday.

What's a Wyoming winter without a glacier in the back yard?

Morning. 45 degrees. High will only be in the fifties. Bit of a sprinkle here, too.

Morning. Currently 42 degrees and still. My husband was making noises about draining the hoses this morning. It froze last night, but today it will be seventy and I need another hour or two of planting iris before he can take the hose. Tomorrow will be in the fifties, but then looks like we'll have ...

I thought you were in Arizona, Mike, where the time never changes. So much for my memory, hmm?

Morning. How can it already be October 21st???

54 degrees. High of 70 predicted. More yardwork on the menu for today.

Morning. 34 degrees.

Today is the last day my daughter, granddaughter, and son in law will be with us. Tomorrow they head off to their new life in Washington via Yellowstone and Glacier, depending on the weather. It's going to be awfully quiet and lonesome around here.

Morning. Sunny, 56 degrees after cold fog this morning. As soon as the ground dries up a bit, I'm headed out to move rosebushes and relocate iris.

Morning. 34 degrees, very wet outside. If it snowed, it didn't stick. Never the less, it appears the pre-school trip to the corn maze and farm will still take place later this morning. Being less fond of mud than I might be, I'd opt to take my granddaughter to an indoor facility if this wasn't her l...

Afternoon, just barely. Overcast, 66 degrees, and not likely to go higher. Rain after 3, snow tomorrow. Sigh. I hate to see the end of the golden part of October. The foliage is never quite as brilliant after snow.

Still morning. 73 degrees and breezy. Been out trying to get the yard work done in case the weather breaks on Friday as predicted.

Morning... but just barely. 63 degrees, high to be in the 70s. Grandson still sleeping with the window open and the fan running in the window. He thinks sleeping under a heavy comforter in a freezing room is mighty fine.

Cold this morning. 37 degrees and sunny. Started out for a walk and came home to put on more clothes. Ugh. Shoes instead of sandals. Transitioning is hard.

No, they didn't. They were too far north. This one obviously isn't navigable, but they'd probably have liked to have been it anyway.

Thought about Tom when I saw this, but other folks might be interested, too.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/10/12 ... njw.UXPtrV

Morning. 51 degrees, headed for a high of 70. Sunny and still.

Morning. 60 degrees here at the foot of the mountain with sunshine and smoke. Weather is supposed to break on Friday, but we'll see.

Morning.Smoky. 57 degrees. The only time rain is predicted over the next ten days is next Friday when my granddaughter's preschool class is set to go to the corn maze. Since that is my last chance to take her on an outing for many months, it's almost a guarantee of rain. Glad you got the med situati...

Morning. 50 degrees, high around 80. Smoke was terrible yesterday. I haven't gone out this morning, but suspect it hasn't improved since my eyes feel grainy and dry even inside the house.

Morning. Smoky and 58 degrees, going for a high of 80. The heater kicked on last night for the first time this year. It is the 9th of October and the heater is just now coming on. Weird. Everything is gold right now and leaves are falling. Another couple of weeks, and we'll be headed out of Golden O...

It's daylight in the swamp. 42 degrees, sunny, smoky, and still. It's bulb planting day at my house. I remembered to water the site last night so perhaps I won't break the shovel trying to dig holes. Good ol' bentonite clay...

BTW......what's it feel like to be a young'un?

I don't remember...

Morning. It's more smoky or less smoky depending on the moment, but definitely still smoky. We could use a nice big October blizzard in northcentral Wyoming, but I don't think that's happeneing any time soon. Currently 69 degrees and still.

This morning it is 41 degrees and smoky as heck. We've got two fire just west of us, but I think most of the smoke is coming from the one up by Dayton on the Montana border. It's a monster. https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/10/05/as-elk-fire-rages-dayton-watches-while-mountain-above-just-glowing-ora...

Afternoon. Smoky as heck. 72 degrees.

Morning. 36 degrees and sunny. Back up to a summer-like 85 this afternoon. Spent several hours pruning over grown hedges and plum trees yesterday, More of the same plus planting spring bulbs today.

Morning. Sunny, 47 degrees, high of 68. Good day for planting spring bulbs.

If I thought squirrels had peanut allergies, I'd scatter peanuts under every tree in the yard.

Morning. 71 degrees, gusty winds.

I was only vaguely aware that Goodreads existed until my editor at Kensington asked me to write a letter to be sent to people who don't win a book. K's publicist sent instructions and graphics for social media later. This whole publishing thing has been a steep learning curve, lemme tell ya. I still...

Barefoot? My feet hurt just thinking about it I'm from Arkansas. We aren't allowed to wear shoes until we're thirteen, then I took up forms of dance usually done in barefeet. I've been in Wyoming close to half a century, and have been known to leave barefoot prints in the snow between the house and...

I know all y'all are dying to win an advanced reader copy of The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree from Kensington Publishing Corporation and Goodreads. The contest runs from October 2 through October 16. Sign up at https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/397922-the-song-of-the-blue-bottle-tree? The book...

Morning. Weatherunderground claims it is 32 degrees outside, but I don't believe it. I just walked outside barefoot to see about the dogs and it didn't feel nearly that cold.

That's pretty rich- as good as the guy who was late for a hearing on a charge of driving with a suspended license and called in to say he'd be there as soon as he parked his car.

Morning. 54 degrees, still, and sunny. Off for a dog walk in a few minutes before it gets too warm.

'Tis fire season all over the state. I drove up the mountain on Friday and a smoky haze obscured views in all directions.

Good morning. 62 degrees going for another summer-like 93 degrees later today.

Morning. 54 degrees going for a summertime high of 90. Thirty years ago, we'd have already had a couple of snowfalls by now. Nope. No climate change going on around here.

Yeah, I miss him. When I went to see my aunt in Waco, I always stopped to see Jim. Aunt relocated to assisted living in Coppell and later died, so it has been a good eight years since I last visited him. Doesn't seem that long ago.

I got a nice email from Dinero today after a silence long enough to be worrying. He's hanging in there.

Morning. 49 degrees at 6:25. Predicted high of 88. If it wasn't for the trees changing color, I'd think it was still summer.

Morning. 73 degrees already at just past 6. Grandson went outside last night to turn the garden water off... and instead opened the faucet full blast. Well. It should make pulling weeds easier today.

ScabbyDoo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:45 pm Sorry, meant to say blood sausage. It's a must for breakfast.

You are welcome to my share.

Morning. Still halfway between Scotland and Wyoming time. Dawn is just thinking about breaking and I've been up for an hour and a half. Daughter and granddaughter were already downstairs when I got up. Weird. 47 degrees with a predicted high of 90. Took one of the dogs for a walk along the river yes...

Morning. Sunny fall day, 68 degrees, going for 78. I spent all day yesterday inside on the computer playing catch up, but today I'm headed for the outdoors. Still have to do time on the novel, but I can sit in the rosegarden to do it.

Not only no, but HELL no. I accidentally got a mouthful of blood sausage on my first trip to Ireland in 2007. It was the only time in my life I couldn't chew, much less swallow, a mouthful of food even to be polite.

I actually saw one of those once upon a time, years and years ago, maybe in Sturgis back in the days before it became the domain of guys who trailer $50,000 bikes in with $200,000 toy haulers? Hmm. No, actually, I think it was at a rodeo. Yeah, a horse and bull riding kind of rodeo, but I can't reme...

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