Saturday...

Still here, just busy. More in a day or so (probably...)

-GRG

Tuesday...

Well, it's been a while - party I've been busy writing, and partly with other things. The book's coming along well - over 44,000 words now. I think this one will be significant bigger than Ash Spear - possibly around 150,000 words.

After a nice day outside today, Titus found a sunny south window for a nap:



More tomorrow, perhaps...

-GRG

Monday...

Still making good progress on the book - past 39,000 words now. I took Saturday off to celebrate Samhain (one more time) with SBGH. They're promising us some more snow tonight (sigh), so I spent some time yesterday getting some large broken branches down - elms are not my favorite tree.

Back to work...

-GRG

Wednesday...

Snow again last night and this morning, seven or eight inches this time, I think. At least the power stayed on. Not fun to shovel because the base was heavy and wet, and it stuck to the shovel--not to mention the trees. Didn't get as much written as usual last night due to Welsh class, and also to the nature of the story at this point which requires a little more thought, but I'm pressing on. Over 35,000 words now, or about 97 pages in book format. This one may be a little longer than I thought.

Back to work...

-GRG

Monday night...

Just a jack-o-lantern picture.



Needed the tripod for this one!

Nos Calan Gaeaf Da eto!

-GRG

Monday...

And hard at work writing after a most productive weekend. I did take time out last night to celebrate Samhain (one night early). Our Samhain pumpkin:



Being as it's a pie pumpkin from my garden, we baked and ate it. I've have pictures of my Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin up in a day or so.

Nos Calan Gaeaf Da i chi!

-GRG

Friday...

Conditions here are drifting back toward seasonal normal now. A lot of the snow has melted, but by no means all:



Back to writing...

-GRG

Thursday...

No post yesterday because I was offline all day due to a power outage. Denver had its first autumn snowstorm, and it was a big one:



I think we got about 8 inches here, though it's hard to be sure. The several days before had been warm and sunny, and I spent them frantically preparing house and garden for what we got. One of Tuesday's last tasks: potato and beet harvest:



No writing yesterday as I had intended because no power. I could have used the netbook, of course, but wasn't sure how long it would be before I could recharge the battery. A few years ago after a late spring blizzard I was out for three days... Thankfully, only 22 hours this time!

-GRG

Monday...

Busy again in the garden yesterday and today. Our first big winter storm is due tomorrow night, with possibility of 4-8 inches of snow and lows Wednesday night in the teens (F), so I've had a lot to do the last few days in putting the garden to bed and making the garage ready for those geraniums etc. which are too tall to fit in the cold frame. Almost done now - I'll bring them inside tomorrow, pick the beets and batten down a few other things. Wednesday should be a good day for writing, and I'm looking forward to getting back the Druid book!

-GRG

Saturday...

Been a busy week, more with the garden than with the book. New pictures presently - just wanted to say "I'm still here!" We might have snow Wednesday...

-GRG