The Frost/Freeze Has Arrived

Good Morning!  It’s a beautiful day in Alabama.  I have finished my morning chores, and now I am going to work outside for a while.  First on my agenda is mowing grass; at least two “sections.”  I finished picking up the twigs and branches that had blown down in two areas, so I thought I would mow the grass there.  I have even weeded around the trees and bushes in those areas.  Kevin got my mower charged and gassed yesterday so it is time to get started. 

So much for mowing the grass.  The mower wouldn’t start.  Kevin checked it, and I need a new battery.  So, I picked up a few more branches.

I have started embroidering the other hand towel to complete the set.  I finished the first genealogy class that I started.  I am keeping it open because I have been referring back to it while putting into practice what I have learned.  I have started the second class I am taking.  It is not what I expected, but I will hang in there.  I am hoping to get something out of it. 

It started raining early this morning (before I got out of bed) and it has been continuing.  It is a cool, wet and gloomy day.  We need the rain, so I am not complaining.  Since I can’t get outside I have been busy doing laundry and a few other chores inside.  I did hear on the news that we are supposed to have a frost/freeze the next two mornings.  I am sad about that because of all the plants, trees, etc. that are starting to show signs of life.  And, let’s face it, we can’t cover everything.  Just maybe we will get lucky and they will be wrong, but I doubt it.

Today is Saturday.  We have had a frost/freeze the past two mornings.  The temperature was down in the twenties.  This morning was thirty-two.  I just finished watering the three tulip poplar trees.  There are leaf buds on them, and I think they are okay.  We will find out in a few days.  I will water the magnolia tree after Kevin finishes mowing the front grass.  He decided to mow his front yard and my front yard this morning.

I have checked some of my other trees and bushes.  Some have dead leaves and the flowers that were blooming have died.  However, I have a few bushes that the leaves are still green.  Not sure about the Franklin trees.  It’s hard to tell with them because they are late to leaf. 

We are supposed to have storms late tonight and tomorrow morning.  Then by mid-week it is supposed to go down in the twenties and low thirties again.  If the first freeze didn’t get the plants and trees, the second one will.

I finished both genealogy classes.  As I said earlier the first one was well worth the time and money.  I learned a lot and have been putting it into practice.  However, the second one was a waste of time as far as I am concerned.  I don’t feel like I really learned anything that will help me.  I will just keep looking for those German ancestors on my own.  Maybe I will get lucky and find someone.

Okay, I am back.  I have finished all my indoor/morning chores, eaten lunch, and watered the magnolia tree. 

Jana and I have been doing DOT-TO-D0T books.  The one I am working on now has some interesting quotes/sayings at the bottom of the page.  I am going to use some of them to end my blogs starting today.  Not sure how many I will do, but there are a few.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand.  They are moments when we touch one another.  Jack Kornfield