HOME AT LAST....

 This was a different morning.  I did not open my eyes until 7:30 and Jill was already out in the barn.

I swear, light is my alarm clock and today it was just plain dark out.

 Once again there was frost out in the pasture.

I decided to work on my closet and did some ironing...then I took a quick shower and went down to the college for drumming.  It was a very good experience and as a group we had some pretty nice moments.  Here is one of them.  (Yes Sharon, you would love drumming).

 I did not get home until 4:30 and eventually went out to do chores.  The horses could not take their eyes off the back 40.

 Can you see why?

At 7pm we left for a fundraiser being held at the Library.

As usual, it was a very successful event and the place was loaded with many supporters.

 

 The flower arrangements were placed in pumpkins!

 All kinds of great wine and food pairings.

 Above was my favorite appetizer...figs and goat cheese.  Amazing.

Meet Widget.  She is a "reading dog" at the Library and was out working the crowd (free to go wherever she wanted).

 

Can you read what it says on her back?

$1 A PET.  You put your money in the pouch.

 I'm sure she brought in a lot of cash.

 The Teen section of the library has three booths in it.  What a perfect place to read.

 We were entertained by the "Golden Eagle String Band."

 Listen....

 One of these young men wrote two original pieces for the event.

 There were all kinds of baskets filled to the brim with goodies you could bid on.

The people in these photos are pals and they go above and beyond for our community.

And the Library is not the only thing they support.

Pretty soon you are going to start recognizing them.

They are everywhere.

 On this tree, were items needed by the library that you could sponsor.

I made sure I found the section with Sharon Creech books.

 

 Widget ended the evening in comfort.

We are fortunate to have such an amazing library and a group of people who care enough to give it financial support.  This year they want to update their computers.  Someday I would love to have

Jon Katz and Sharon Creech check it out.  What are the chances of that happening?

Night all.

THAT'S MORE LIKE IT!

 Voila!  Another beautiful sunrise.

 Soon to make the hard frost disappear.

 The temperature was 28 last night.

 Left the sheets on the ponies.

 Abbe always goes out to the pasture last and wants to catch up. 

 Does she look like she has a stifle problem to you?  As soon as she gets out of the aisle, she stops walking with that little hitch, and by the time she comes back in she has no trouble going down that same cement aisle.

 Now that the grass is not so good, they come in for a little hay during the day.  This morning it was sooner than later, as the frost was interfering with their nibbling.

 That bright sunshine was a real upper.

At 2, 3 of my drumming friends came over for a little jam.  We concentrated on 2 of the rhythms Alice and I were taught last Saturday (that were quite a challenge at the time).  Here's a little preview of what we were working on.

Jill had chore duty tonight and Gar and I went down to the village for a bite.

 On the way we stopped to check out this van.  A possibility for Gary.  Something that will hold all our grandchildren at the same time....

 The sky was gorgeous...it was around 5:30.

 On our way home, there was all kinds of activity on Main Street.  It was Midnight Madness and oodles of children were trick or treating.  Jen took Finn and Coop down.

Good to be home....have the fire going.

Night all.