I think we're finally out of the drought cycle as we've had days and days of rain with no complaints heard from anyone. As of today, we've probably had about three inches. We actually got excited to see a trickling little stream flow down the rocks on Boulder Creek Rd. We need many more weeks of rain to soak the forest floors and extinguish the still burning fires. We've had a few cold nights and only lit a fire a few times, but there's a big push of cold air heading our way this week with temperatures dropping into the teens at night and 30-40 degrees for daily highs. It's winter soup and cornbread time again.
Some days are full of doing tasks and chores that Cliff did for me. The floor wasn't that dirty but he enjoyed saying. "Guess I need to pull out the vacuum. I'm tripping over debris." I thanked him. Whenever I was in the kitchen trying out new recipes, making cookies or the double batch tapioca pudding for him, he was there beside (getting in my way sometimes) washing the utensils, pots/pans, cutting boards, drying them and putting everything back in their proper places only to have me take some things back out and reuse again. "I just washed that" he would state. He learned to ask if I were through with things before he cleaned up after me. I thanked him. He emptied the dishwasher when it was finished in such an orderly manner (getting in my way sometimes because I was also in the kitchen working but he wanted to be there with me). I thanked him. Every morning he made my bed reminding me of the order that the pillows needed to be placed. John&
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