October 5

Here it started out at 44 degrees shortly after five but now it is down to 42. It is a mite cool in the house too at 66 in this room. A heat source of some kind may not be many days from being turned on.

At this time dawn is preparing the sky for the grand entrance of the sun by tainting the whole eastern skyline a dull orange kind of color. A color that won't distract, but will amplify the natural beauty of the sunrise. There is a slight breeze out of the north which with the low temperature, makes for an uncomfortable sitting and adds another big reason to wish for the sunrise bringing the warmth the sunrays. The sunrise usually shuts up the hoot owls too.

Nope! Nothing to say again. I guess I could tell you that the step builder said he would be here tomorrow morning. That may not do much for you but believe me it will be a great time for us. Right now if we go anywhere, even just to the drive, we've got to go out the backdoor downstairs, up to the backdoor of the garage then through the garage. If you forget and go out our front door you'll need to walk between the house and garage to the garage backdoor and through the garage. It really isn't that bad but that course hasn't been our habit for the past twelve years so it doesn't seem right.

But where there is life there is hope and we got up this morning full of it. Three cups of coffee has certainly intensified it! Life is grand!

"Somebody has well said there are only two kinds of people in the world. There are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good morning, Lord," and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good Lord, it's morning."