Two weeks have gone by?

It has been at least 2 weeks since my last entry.
Since then summer was here again and now gone. We've
had our first snow; about 4 inches all together.  I
love the first snow and I'm not sure why.  I don't
love winter so why should I love the first snow?

We managed to rake up all the leaves.  The first
raking I used Connie's little cart to move them
to the "back 40" where we were hoping to use them
as mulch for the new grass.  The wind came up and
they were all gone by morning.  The tree had shed
it's final batch of leaves so that the yard was
full again.  This time Robert helped and we load
them into the trailer; I drove and he scattered
them around the "back 40."  It took 2 full trailer
loads to move them all.  This time the snow came
and the leaves stayed put.

We also brought a trailer load of fire wood from
Salina.  We had loaded it into the trailer the
week before, but we left the trailer and the jeep
up there so that Vernon could replace the starter.
Now, the trailer starts every time.

My granddaughter, Meara, is still ill with some
un-diagnosed problem.  All the bad things have
been ruled out, but she is still uncomfortable.
She has a stiff and sometimes achy neck and a
head that aches sometimes and feels swollen other
times.  When she stands for any length of time
at all she starts to shake all over.  It is a
mystery. Please send her your positive thoughts.

Robyn is packing up to leave RMBL for the last
time.  She likes working at RMBL, but the living
conditions are horrible.  Crested Butte has
small apartments for ski workers and large
mansions for the ones who ski and in town there
are no reasonable houses for rent.  She is
taking her Social Security starting in January
and declares herself "retired."

Amazing to have a daughter old enough to be on
Social Security!