Journal: Wednesday, 11/05/08

►  Skies clear ... gusty south wind blowing ... 58ºF/14ºC @ 1 AM.

►  Sunny, very gusty south wind and 69ºF/20ºC @ 11 AM. The arrival of a new cold front and accompany storms are in our forecast for early tomorrow morning.

►  From clear skies to mostly cloudy in about an hour. Weather going downhill fast. (67ºF/19ºC @ 5 PM)

►  Shingle ripping south wind blowing. No rain yet, but NOAA radar show that showers are in eastern Oklahoma and heading this way. I don't think many  of our pretty fall leaves will be left after all this wind.  (66ºF/19ºC @ 7:30 PM)



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Journal: Wednesday, 11/05/08

Journal: Tuesday, 11/04/08

► Finished working in my shop for the evening. Now to some online time. (57ºF/13ºC @ midnight)

► I'd better get to bed before the sun rises and catches me up and about. G'night all. (57ºF/13ºC @ 5 AM)

► Gusty south wind is bringing fall color to an end. Clear sky. (69ºF/20ºC @ 11 AM)



► Time to begin making moves toward the Welcome Home Volunteer Fire Station, our polling place. (72ºF/22ºC @ noon)

► Trip to vote postponed. Jo says we need to wait until tile kiln firing finished.

► Over the past couple of days we've had three unknown pickups turning around at our end-of-the-road location. Modern weapons deer season begins this weekend. They're probably guys out scouting for a place to hunt. (Sunny, windy and 73ºF/22ºC @ 2 PM)

► Voted around three o'clock. The poll works said turnout had been fairly heavy. I was the 32nd person to cast a ballot.

► Spent the evening working on spoons and listening to election returns. John McCain predictably prevailed in Arkansas, but no matter, Barak Obama won. Good!!!



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Journal: Tuesday, 11/04/08

Journal: Monday, 11/03/08

 “Another glaze firing started. (60ºF/15ºC @ midnight)”

“Kiln up to 1095ºF/590ºC. Vented lid now fully closed. Time for me to hit the hay. G'night y'all. (59ºF/15ºC @ 4:00 AM)”

“Initial daily coffee consumption underway. Sunny, gusty south wind and 70ºF/21ºC @ 10 AM.”

Blog Post -- Nature in the Ozarks: Sunday Walk
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“Enjoying our string of beautiful fall days, but really wouldn't mind if it were a bit cooler. (Will probably regret that statement.) (76ºF/24ºC @ 1:45 PM)”

“After returning from afternoon walk, barely enough time to play a quick game of fetch with the dogs before dark. (67ºF/19ºC @ 6 PM)”

“Finished working in my shop for the evening. Now to some online time. (57ºF/13ºC @ midnight)”

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Journal: Monday, 11/03/08