30,086 days

If I was told right about my birthdate, this is my 30,086th day here on earth.  Don't remember them all, but many were good, some remarkable (but I won't make those remarks now) and many forgotten.

64º here in Clarinda right now at 12:30 pm Thursday (93º right now at our La Feria, Texas home--where we should be by November 3rd.

Here are 10-day forecasts for weather during next 10 days both Clarinda and La Feria

We didn't get the possible frost forecast for here last night.  We are to be in Cape Girardeau, MO next Wednesday night through Saturday morning and temps are predicted to be from 40º to 60º in that period.  Believe we will miss a freeze, which is something to be concerned about if you own a travel trailer.....best way to winterize an RV is to take it south!

With my blood donation at Red Cross setup in Clarinda this morning I started on my 3rd gallon with them.  Over the years I have donated some 4 or 5 times to organizations not Red Cross.  In the Rio Grande Valley there have been many times groups stop at RV Parks for blood donations that are not affiliated with Red Cross.

Last evening we went to our last choir practice at the Methodist Church here in Clarinda until next April.  We do sing this Sunday, but we leave next week.

I gave a new coat of paint to the cover over the basement window and got it applied for the winter.

I disassembled the recumbent trike.

and got it stowed under the shelf in the forward part of the pickup.

Have been packing in lots of items for trip to Texas.

Got to visit with Phyllis' 2nd Cousin Russ Heuer a bit.  He broke his neck in two places in a car accident the first of August out in Washington state where he lives.  Had presumed it involved speeding, but found that it was 20 mph on a roundabout where a lady went the wrong way around and he swerved to avoid her, which he did, but car rolled on it's side and he slid out of his seat belt and hit head on post on passenger side of vehicle.  He has another 6 weeks or so to wear the brace and possibly more--one cracked vertebrae healing and another not at this time.

I finally turned on the furnace last week.  This photo was one morning when it got a little cold and door glass hazed over.  I tightened a couple of the latches on the inside pane and it didn't do this last night.

Later, LC