we had our first hard frost today.. it’s nearly a month late . it’s the latest date on record for a killing frost . the wold

looked magical and sparkling.

at the same time .. many of the plants would not survive

I went up

to take a walk with my good friend tim . we both needed to be outside

it was good to be out with tim . we both needed it

diane and inworked around the house winterizing the rest of the day. we got a ton don.. cleaned the garage , cut the grass, top

dressed the rita from the painters lift, put up the storm windows , sort of cleaned the garage , cleaned out the dryer vent .. took down the trampoline , cleaned the front entrance way..put up the wood rings

we are now ready for winter !

later that night Momand his wife Judy came over. Mo is writing a history of our house and another schoolhouse which used to be in richmond but no longer exists . it was so fun answering his questions. he showed us pictures of our house that we had never seen

we are gathering up some docs for him no

it will be fun to learn more about these two buildings!

note all, nite sam

-me