Beneath the Wraps

  It is so cold outside So unlike our first year in Oregon We didn’t need light jackets then Let alone heavy coats There has been warning of snow I personally think it’s too cold Snow doesn’t fall when it’s freezing Or at least that’s how it used to be The worst part about all the cold That is currently causing misery for many Is in thinking that the summer months Will be so much worse blaring heat upon us Quite the opposite of now.

  I have a drawer where my shorts live or used to anyway.   Weather changed.   Make way for the coats and sweaters!     Problem is – I don’t have enough room.   Too much bulk for just one drawer.     I do love the fall though.   Kind of naughty for the morning temperature to be 67 one day and 43 the next.     I have gone two days now without running the air conditioner.   I would rather have it cold than overly warm   Pretty soon we’ll be turning the heat on.   Bah, humbug!

     You know it's hot when Richard is the one who suggests to open a window or turn on the fan.  Surprisingly I don't think I felt as warm as he did.  I was comfortable and in no hurry to leave the bed.  Perhaps 20 min or so had passed before I decided to get up and open the window at least a crack.  I also threw his pajama top over the vent - he must have been hot!     This morning I noticed the box had been moved from the vent in the bathroom.  I will have to find something less bulky.  But as for now the window remains open.  True there is a chill - but I have put on a long sleeve shirt.  The scenery is so pretty outside .

 Each of us in the household have been sick - though Biff hasn't experienced what the rest of us have - and hopefully it may pass him completely.  Claire looks awful - which is how I imagined I must have looked.  I never felt as horrible as Richard sounds.  He did sound better last night than the night before.  Still not sleeping great - but at least it was not his cough that was keeping him up. I always open the windows to let in the fresh air - also because I'm always hot.  When Richard comes to bed he always complains that it is cold.  Thus yesterday I made certain that the windows were shut, the fan was off and the vent wasn't covered.  I was still awake when he came to in the room.  We watched TV and I fell asleep.            It wasn't overly hot in our room this last night but I had tossed and turned for much of the night trying to adjust to the temperature as I could not decide weather I was hot or co...

 Last week when Roland left the house, it was always below freezing.  This week it will be in the low 50's.  Are you kidding me?  I am going to die come summer.  If I look at 40s and 50s as "no coat" weather, how am I going to survive 90 and triple digits.  I'm not.  My posts are dwindling as it is.  When they cease to exist (probably in the summer) than chances are looking good that I will too. (Well, I will exist, just not in an earthly form;  I am okay with leaving my body behind)

                 It seems that Roland has had a cold each year – usually as a way to start off the New Year.  Each cold seems to linger longer than the last.  This year could be different with all the COVID related illnesses going on.  We haven’t been checked.  According to the news the last batch of testing kits may not be providing correct results anyway.  I think it’s just a cold.            Every time he gets a cold he senses drafts that really aren’t there.   He is always wearing thermals and wrapped in blankets.   I, of course, am hotter than normal.   We are generally in two different rooms so that each of us can experience a temperature that is unlike that of the other.              I fortunately do not have his hacking cough – though I have had a dustball type cough on occasion – nothing as proficient as his.   I have started...

Last week the temperature would start out in the mid-forty’s and go up another 40 degrees throughout the day.   That’s not nice.   This week we have had consistent weather and have included wind and rain.     I prefer the cooler weather – especially for walking Bonnie.   We all feel deprived when it is hot.    

The morning fog was thick In years past that meant when the skies decided to clear   that it would be sunny and warm then to hot Not today. The fog finally cleared the sun came out But it did not get warm The wind blew and chilled the air Our day is now near its end

Roland turned up the heat as he was cold yesterday morning.   The fog was thick and did not seem to start lifting until after 9:00.   It started. It was still foggy.   I did not choose to leave the house until almost 11:00.   It appeared the fog had lifted quicker in Myrtle Creek than in Tri City. Still the hills were hidden.   I couldn’t see the towers until 11:30.   It was 47 degrees just before the fog lifted.   Of course I was already hot and had the windows open, fan running and   told Roland that he should shut   his door and plugged in the small space heater that is probably the perfect size for his office.   I think his office is plenty hot without the space heater.   The longer it takes the fog to lift in the morning, the hotter it gets during the day.   It got up to 75. Fortunately we have not removed the air conditioners (as of yet) Th...

           Roland and I went to the outskirts of Roseburg (Melbourne) last night to pick grapes in the rain.   We didn’t go with the intention of being rained on nor did we go to the vineyard with the intent of celebrating our 18 th wedding anniversary and yet it was.   I would have forgotten all about it if my sister hadn’t sent me an anniversary wish.   Wow.           We were on our mini-vacation when the month had started.   What happened to the week after we returned?   September used to be the longest month in my opinion.   And here it’s been ten days and I have foreseen that this will be the shortest September ever. How odd.           The weather has gone from unbearably hot to misty fog and cool temperatures except at 4:00 a.m. when the humidity is at 100 percent.   I don’t recall feeling so smothered in the humidity...

                    Though it rained and the temperatures remained cooler during Roland’s staycation, it hasn’t been the same this week.   Tuesday got to 104 though yesterday was not as bad.   All day it appeared to be overcast with little promise of rain.   By 10:00 yesterday morning it was already too warm and the temperature rose up from there and didn’t start going down until after 8:00 – even though there was sign of actual raindrops that made a pathetic appearance and left again. There was a heaviness in the air that felt murky and seemed to distort my vision.           I’ve taken so many pictures of the sky – trying to capture its brilliance.   I have two or three point-and-shoots that I use and of course, there’s my cell phone which is a flip phone and does NOT capture anything brilliant.   As I said before, I thi...

Currently, the temperature is 56 degrees.   Alexa says the high will be 73.   This is why we moved to Oregon.   This is how the temperature should be EVERY day.

          Since spring break, the skies overall have been grey and have produced a huge amount of water.   The rivers are not overflowing, but                     definitely not dry as they were in winter.  The temperature has been 47 – 52 degrees on average.   On Thursday it was up to 82.   What is up with that?!?   Yesterday was not quite as warm – maybe 10 degrees less.   Now we are back to rain and clouds.    

          Corey has had to deal with the challenge of driving to work in Las Vegas construction or attempt to try and maneuver himself around it.   Ah, the good old days (not) of experiencing that very thing in Salt Lake.   I suppose Las Vegas and SLC can afford to put up detour signs - though it seems inconvenience - there is the option of using other streets.   Not so true in this part of Oregon.           I told Corey that has been another plus to living here.   Sometimes I have noticed Roseburg streets seem at a shutdown, but here in Myrtle Creek, the road construction has generally been less than a week.   Cones go up, signs go up, but they either move down the road or else disappear altogether.           There was the inconvenience of going South on Old Pacific during a few months last year, but hey, Old Pac...

          For two weeks now, I have been sleeping sound all through the night.  Yesterday I posted about how cold it’s been and right now I am up because it’s too hot to sleep – even after turning on the A/C.  I ended up waking up instead of going back to sleep.  GRRR . . .           Google says that the temperature is only 56 outside, but there is obviously no breeze.  No circulation.  Currently I have the fan on in the other room, and Roland is buried under the covers.  It’s quite sickening.  It did get up to 86 when I had checked less than ten hours ago.  

         It has been said that plants and seeds should be introduced to the ground before Mothers' Day ends . . . or perhaps it's just seeds?   Roland and I are both city bred, but have tried our hand at living in the country.   Our yard is an ugly mess right now.   We were late planting last year.   I think we may have missed opportunity this year . . . but then again, the weather has been crazy enough that we may be okay to purchase a tomato plant or two.   Our garden won't have as many plants as what we tried last year.           We purchased some strawberry plants and something called "Hula Berries" which we have never heard of before, but thought we would try it.   Roland tugged at the buds as they came up saying our harvest would start this year rather than last.   It may be the only crop we have.   Trick is weeding it without pulling up the plants. ...

            It is really a sad thing to have finals right after a two week vacation.   Instead of having just one assessment or assignment - all of it is expected from here on.   Every week will be the same.   That is fine for the times I have just one class, but it seems quite challenging this particular week when I have two and have not bounced back with my mind.             Theoretically I should be working on my assignments or posting a comment to a fellow student on discussion, but I first need to clear out my brain.   Perhaps if I brainstorm here I will have   a better understanding about what to write for my class assignment.             We're supposed to set goals on improving our self-management.   Yesterday's daily check point had us watch a video on sleep hygiene.  ...