Well, I had a day shift at R today, and it was very slow there. It sometimes can be quiet but today it was extremely so.
Usually I get a few calls each day, but today was the exception in a 6 and 1/2 hour shift, I gave two little tours of the grounds and buildings for potential guests next year, and I answered a few questions for the front desk staff and that was it! no phone calls for reservations....
On Oct 22nd is their huge Octoberfest event and it is the last day I work for this season. Which means I will be devoting my weekends to cutting firewood for the long winter here in Northern Minnesota!
More Like Fall!
We enjoyed about 2 weeks of nice dry warm temperatures were even in the low 80's some days, not your typical Fall weather, until Thursday night.
The wind decided to blow, up to 40 mph at times and that was accompanied by about 4/10 of rain on Friday night with a lot of wind till early morning. Needless to say it looked like it was raining leaves at times. The trees still have quite a few leaves on them but the ash trees and some basswood trees are pretty bare now a look we will see for the next 6 months or so.
Yes, the heating season is just beginning, the temperatures falling into the 40's and colder at night and days in the mid 50's to 70's for the next couple of weeks. After that who knows....we could see Snow!
I hope not, I have to start the process of cutting firewood for the winter!
Lights...
I spent, part of Thursday evening after work, at Wooden Nichols taking care of a project, that needed to be done!
I was busy taking down mini-white Christmas lights, and putting up new led mini-lights, on the ceiling of the porch at Wooden Nichols.
So it was like almost 80 degrees, and I am climbing up and down a ladder and stringing 3 strings 70 feet long of mini-lights. I was still short about 35 feet and will have to pick up one more half string, to complete the job!
The Led lights look like they will shine brighter and of course being nice and new...hopefully they will be less troublesome!
Lots of projects, and our company left...
Well, Tuesday morning bright and early Rebekah and her mom and dad, left Coffee Lake Farm
for a long drive out to Ocean Shores, WA. It was a teary event for some, but we had a lot of fun with Ricki, Grant and Rebekah.
Below was a happier moment on Sunday evening while we were eating out on the back deck with
Mitch, Kay Jacob and Joshua.
Rebekah tried to tire out Smarkle on a daily basis but I think she was more exhausted. Each night it took her just 10 minutes or so to fall asleep. But Smarkle did sleep pretty sound also! We miss you all already, and it was great to see you all!
I mentioned projects in my title, and we are up to our eyeballs working on Christmas Open House items, for Wooden Nichols. The dates for her big weekend our Oct 20-23rd and after that she will still have a lot of Christmas stuff on display till the last weekend of November.
It amazes me how efficient and prolific, Crystalie is with making stuff and always coming up with
new fun ideas that will surely be prized by some lucky shopper.
I have spent the last two nights working on a wide variety of items, fastening signs and grapevine to various items along with repairing an old sled, and a few other things. I won't tell you everything, as you will have to visit Wooden Nichols later this month!
The Toy Hall of Fame!
I was listening to one of my radio shows that I listen to often and they had a discussion
about the new list of toys going up for consideration for entering the Toy Hall of Fame.
They reviewed a few of the toys that were already in, Barbie, GI Joe, the ball, and on an on...
and the "Cardboard Box" !!!
I think we all have a memory of playing with a large cardboard box, in our childhood years. Well we so happen to have a large washer box and today when Jacob and Joshua came to visit Rebekah ours got a workout today! Above you see Rebekah and Joshua inside of it!
This is them taking it down the hill, by rolling in it, causing it to roll with them.
Jacob decided to bail out, and watch them head down the hill!
Oops, now Joshua is also out upon reaching the bottom of the hill, needless to say they enjoyed this for about 30 minutes or so, dragging it back up the hill and starting back down it!
I remember as a kid using a box on a grass hillside as a sled, and having a blast doing some summer sledding and I think all of us enjoyed a cardboard fort!
Fall Colors!
Yes it is fall, as most of you have seen your trees turning colors, or even loosing the leaves.
This first shot is of a tree close to our place, right along Cty 10, the cool thing here was the contrast against the evergreens behind it and this morning it almost glowed with the bright sunshine on it!
This one is down our driveway and we have a bunch of Sumac trees, that have turned bright red already. Plus you see some of the maple leaves turning to the right of it.
Crystalie, took this photo along her way to Wooden Nichols this morning, and it shows all the
different colors along the creek.
This is looking across our yard towards the creek and the hillside south of the house...looking pretty colorful now also. This week will be the peak of our color the way it sounds and the weather is going to be pretty nice!
Horse Ride!
Since Rebekah was here I decided it was time Bucky got some exercise and
earn her keep if anything for about an hour. So I got a small pail of grain and it took her a while
to let me get a hold of her, so I could begin the process of saddling her.
But after about 15 minutes we were good to go!
I took her for a short ride first since it had been over a year since I think she was saddled last. Too long for sure, but she was as usual well behaved and then Rebekah joined me.
Needless to say it was just a gentle stroll up and down the fence line of the yard, about 125 yards, then turn around and go back, which we did about 6 times. We did trot a little bit, just so Rebekah got to feel some bouncing around! Thanks Grandma Crystalie for taking the pics!