Cliff brought up the blog yesterday and reminded me that I hadn't written anything since the 13th. There really hasn't been anything to write home about. Some mornings when I pour my cup of coffee, I visit with my mother. Today's letters were penned from mid to late January 1989. Central Massachusetts was having a mild January that winter with many afternoons in the mid 40's.
January 16, 1989
Dear Betsy,
It's 40 degrees at 4 pm. Your father and I just came back from getting apples and vegetables at Bolton Orchards and having a cup of coffee at the Salt Box. Cukes were $.30 and tomatoes were $.79 a lb. What an odd winter, not at all like January should be. We have 3 or 4 pairs of cardinals, downy and hairy woodpeckers at the feeders and on the ground.
This morning the large print porch thermometer read 60 degrees at 6 AM when the weather radio blared a tornado warning until early afternoon for Cherokee County. So far we've had a few spells of heavy rain and some thunder rumble through the mountains and it's so mild, I put the house plants on the porch to wash the dust off their leaves. While out on the back porch enjoying the sound of the rushing creek, I noticed something different in the crooked birdhouse.
This little guy has been working at enlarging that hole for months. We put the birdhouse up a couple of years ago........not at that angle.......... but there were no takers. Maybe he's pretending to be cruising the Mediterranean off the coast of Italy. I want to be on the porch watching when the house does about a 180 degree swing.
January 16, 1989
Dear Betsy,
It's 40 degrees at 4 pm. Your father and I just came back from getting apples and vegetables at Bolton Orchards and having a cup of coffee at the Salt Box. Cukes were $.30 and tomatoes were $.79 a lb. What an odd winter, not at all like January should be. We have 3 or 4 pairs of cardinals, downy and hairy woodpeckers at the feeders and on the ground.
This morning the large print porch thermometer read 60 degrees at 6 AM when the weather radio blared a tornado warning until early afternoon for Cherokee County. So far we've had a few spells of heavy rain and some thunder rumble through the mountains and it's so mild, I put the house plants on the porch to wash the dust off their leaves. While out on the back porch enjoying the sound of the rushing creek, I noticed something different in the crooked birdhouse.
This little guy has been working at enlarging that hole for months. We put the birdhouse up a couple of years ago........not at that angle.......... but there were no takers. Maybe he's pretending to be cruising the Mediterranean off the coast of Italy. I want to be on the porch watching when the house does about a 180 degree swing.
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