PORCH PONDERINGS

OctoPrep is here

I am deep into OctoPrep. The cheerleading job is fun. I do so enjoy exhorting, encouraging, convincing, cajoling. It is a good exercise in creativity to respond to forum posts, send little notes to folks.

Life here in Montana is busy, as usual. Volunteering, getting ready for the cold weather we know will be here soon.

We were able to get the tomatoes out of the garden before a hard frost. Butternut squash came next. From 2 plants, we harvested over 50# of squash. Amazing. There are still potatoes in the ground, but they are safe and sound for a little while longer.

There is talk of snow and rain in the next few days. Right, rumors. I've heard of rain. It supposedly is water that falls from the sky.

I feel like the folks when Noah was preaching. He warned of rain and flood. The people had never seen rain before. The water always came up from the ground to water the earth. It had never fallen from the sky.

We'll see if the weatherman is right.