Monthly Archives: November 2019

View from our porch yesterday: Andy says he didn’t have any trouble plowing the 4.4 miles to the start of Road 36 yesterday, but when he turned around and started back a fierce wind came up. It blew three trees … Continue reading →

This picture was taken from my living room this morning, looking out at the rain. I hoped it would show the raindrops on the bottom half of the window in spite of our deep overhang, but they’re hard to see. … Continue reading →

Do you celebrate Thanksgiving – the fourth Thursday of November (U. S.), the second Monday of October (Canada), or…? Andy and I love our everyday life so we don’t do anything different. I’m essentially 80 and he’s almost 85, so … Continue reading →

Andy says it was 16°F up there yesterday and about 70 in the greenhouse around noon, about 66 when he left around 3 or so. He left early because there was a fierce wind and he wanted to leave time … Continue reading →

When we went grocery shopping the other night there was a fancy display in the entrance way. It was manned by two guys dressed in impressive uniforms, looking as if they were having a good time. I stopped on the … Continue reading →

I received an email this morning that started: A recent audit has indicated that the email client for your cheerfulmonk.com email addresses is currently accessing host318.hostmonster.com, a server that will be decommissioned in the next week. In order to ensure … Continue reading →

The radishes on the left were planted after the ones on the right. It had dawned on Andy that a lot of people had tromped on the dirt, so he loosened the soil before planting the new row. It helped … Continue reading →

The snow wasn’t unexpected — Andy put the chains on the truck last Sunday. So far no need to plow. November 23, 2019

It is definitely not June anymore! November 22, 2019

It was a snowy, somewhat yucky day so I decided to get my driver’s license renewed. For years they gave us a two-month window — around different dates for different people — to renew it. And the length of time … Continue reading →