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Outside My Window ~ 11.20.2011
Outside my window…is the close of another weekend….the weekend before Thanksgiving. You wouldn’t know it was this late in November if you were to judge by the weather alone. Today was beautiful….71°F with sunshine and blue skies. We are currently at 64°F at 9:30 this evening with a chance for rain later tonight through Wednesday…..a small chance. Of course I have seen some pretty hard rains when we had a small chance for rain so I guess we will have to wait and see what comes. Thanksgiving day is forecast to be sunny with highs in the mid 50’s. I am thinking about…my list of things to pick up and…
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Grandaddy
Some people have grandfathers….some people have Papa’s…. …..he was always Grandaddy to me. He was born on this day in 1901 in Currituck, North Carolina. He was a farmer. He married Nellie and they had 7 children. My mother was their youngest. When we would visit when I was a little girl, I would get up with him each morning to help him let the chickens out of their houses. When it was time for us to go home, the day before he would carry me around with him as he cried. I’m the cute blond standing next to him. 🙂 He drove an old John Deere tractor to the store. I can still hear…
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Outside My Window ~ 10.11.09
Outside My Window…is a beautiful morning……sunny, blue skies and it was 57F at 7:30 this morning. There is a nice breeze blowing as well. I started this a bit later, but still quite beautiful outside. We are forecasted for a high of 72F and partly cloudy skies. The rest of this week doesn’t look so promising with a few showers forecast for each day. There are a few trees beginning to change in our area but not quite as beautiful as some of the photos I have seen of the Northeast areas. I am thinking…how nice it was to see my friends Shelly and Bruce at P.F. Chang’s restaurant last…