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As an aside, The Farmer's Almanac is shuttering it's publications.

DH took a fall Monday night, hit his head, went to PT and therapist told him that he should get a CTScan bc he is on a blood thinner. 2 MRI's later and he has a brain tumor that is fatal. His Neurosurgeon recommends a biopsy and 6 weeks of chemo and radiation treatment. DH saw his sister go...

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DH fell and hit his head, getting up in the middle of the night, sans any light on. Went to PT and therapist told him anybody on blood thinners is highly susceptible to a brain bleed, so get a CT Scan. He did that, then they saw something and wanted an MRI, which didn't happen until 3PM ToDAY...

There have been a few times when I literally rolled on the floor laughing.

HIgh's higher than average, in the 60's this week, Next week below average, week after That, higher than average. We are playing ping pong.

Burned weeds.

I've been B.U.S.Y. DH is now in physical therapy. Making progress, BUT, too much sitting and not enough walking, so more work for Duckums!! :hit The list of number of people to whom I would fetch and carry stops at one hand. DH knows that he is Privileged, so I get to make more decisions like...

Going through the greening up tomatoes. ALL of these were bright green one week ago, now needing to be eaten/processed. The big ones I got for freebies at the farm stand. The small ones I grew. Equally delicious. We had last of the season BLT's Saturday night--SOOO Yummy! Today I cut and...

We put that chair up in the loft. We had two of the same, DD's had sat too many times cross legged, so the webbing was knocked out. The other died--this one survived and YES, I do take breaks in that chair!

Here are the rest, including the tractor work, although it wasn't very heavy, just helpful, and the new hay stacked, 2 shots for reference. You can see the 60+ bales of 2024 straw that wasn't used. Next year will be different...

D Middle DD is experimenting with using tomatoes and the dried tomatoes I gave her to make pasta and pizza sauce--she makes a Mean pizza! I await her results...

So...pots near the house didn't get frosted Or frozen Friday morning. Now, it looks like we Might have a frost next Saturday morning, November 1st, but the forecast keeps changing, so that might not happen. I am hoping that the little okra on the plants that all decided to keep on going, will...

NOT in my garden, but I got 2025-6 hay delivered yesterday, 300 bales. I finally swept where the old hay had been, EVERYWHERE in the loft, and moved/stacked 53 (2024) bales. they all weigh between 60-65 lbs each. It looks nice and neat and I start This winter with 153 bales of hay, an adequate...

When I stopped at the small lot farmstead yesterday, they were offering large green tomatoes--free. Some woman asked if I cooked green tomatoes. I said, no, but if she took some and put them in a bowl in the kitchen they would ripen. She didn't know this...