Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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Well it is a peaceful fall morning here in our little valley. It is raining, the wind is blowing, and the leaves are falling and it is cool. The cats have had their breakfast and a bowl of good warm milk and are back in their bed. I warmed their blanket and now they are snuggled down for a nice nap. I’m having my second cup of coffee and really enjoying this morning. This morning I had the gas fireplace on for a few minutes, just enough to get the nights chill out of the house, but we have got the old wood heating stove ready to build a fire i...
Well it is a cool morning here in our little valley. It was too cool for me to sit on the porch swing, but not hardly cold enough to build a fire in the old wood heating stove. The cats were at the door ready for their breakfast. When the weather gets cold they get a bowl of good warm milk. This morning I only put their regular food out for them ad they just looked at it and came back to the door and sat down and waited. Some people say animals are dumb, they were waiting for their milk. This has been a good week, I was hanging clothes out on t...
Well it is a cool morning here in our little valley. We has some scattered frost this morning, it was on the roofs and it was 39 degrees. I am on the porch but I have got a blanket. The sunshine is warming everything up and it feels nice. The cats had them some warm milk this morning and now they are curled up in the sunshine. I think today for lunch we will have a bowl of good hot vegetable soup and some browned cornbread, now that will be good. Things are still looking bad all around us, the covid has slowed down some, but the gas prices are...
Well it is a nice morning here in our little valley, a cool breeze is blowing and the cats are all curled up in the sunshine. The leaves are falling. I just swept the walk and porches yesterday and now they are covered again, and the trees have not even really changed colors yet, but they have started. We walked down by the creek and there are a lot of nuts on the ground, but there is a lot more nuts on the trees. We have been breaking the shells open. There is going to be a lot of food for the animals, they have been storing up for a longer...
Well it is a cool fall moring here in our little valley, there is overcast clouds and a good breeze blowing, and the leaves are falling. The cats are all curled up on their beds napping. I have got my cup of good hot coffee and I almost need a blanket here on the swing. Before long I will be inside sitting next to the fire in the old wood heating stove, now that will be nice too. I didn’t get the vegtable soup canned last week, but I did can pears and made several jars of pear preserves. Our daughter and son in law brought us two bushels of p...
Well it is a nice cool fall morning here in our little valley. It’s really quiet and not much traffic on our road. The cats are all taking their naps. The only things that seem not quiet are the crows. I can hear a whole lot of crows squawking, they’re probably talking about how quiet it is. I saw two big trailer loads of hay go down the road, it looked like about 12 of those big round rolls of hay on each trailer, people are getting ready for winter. The neighbor boys came and cut down another tree for us. The tree was growing at an angle and...
Well it is a cool and rainy morning here in our little valley, the wind is blowing and I can hear a low rumble of thunder. The cats have eaten and are snuggled down for their nap, I think they like this cooler weather. The trees are beginning to take on more of their fall colors and I have noticed that the yellow goldenrod flowers are in full bloom. The neighbor boys came over and cut down some trees we had along the creek that were dead and that made us a big stack of firewood for our wood heater this winter. I still call them boys but they...
Well it is a beautiful day here in our little valley, it has been a very quiet and cool morning. It was 55 degrees here on the porch this morning and I love it. The cats are curled up together on the porch, they do that when it is cool. We have four of them and I say they are not spoiled, they were homeless when they came here, but not anymore. The John Deere tractor really has gotten its workout this week, our neighbor has been very busy in the hay fields. Seems like there are a lot of people that are cutting hay this year, we have a lot of...
Well it is a nice cool day here in our little valley. There’s a cool breeze blowing across the porch, this morning it seems like you can feel fall in the air. The cats have had their breakfast and they are all curled up taking naps, one is on our swing beside me, no they’re not spoiled at all. I sure enjoy these peaceful times. Seems like covid is back really bad again. I was thinking back to when we were growing up. There were all kinds of diseases and we had to have our vaccines and mama would keep us in if there was someone sick and she wou...
Well it is a quiet morning here in our little valley. There is a breeze blowing, it is nice here on a porch, but there are storms on the way. I was thinking how blessed we are, seems there is so much trouble all around us. I know we all have our own troubles but when we look off away from us, it is so much worse. I looked across the yard and saw the shadow of the cross from the dead, big old oak tree and God was reminding me that He has it all in His hands. This summer is almost over and fall will soon be here. I am looking forward to seeing...
Well it is a stormy morning here in our little valley. It is thundering and raining, but it is storming a lot worse to the north of us. I am enjoying the front porch swing. The cats have all gone to their safe places. I fed them earlier this morning before it started storming. I like days like these as long as it doesn’t get bad. Back when we were little we would have been in the cellar before now. It has been a busy week as usual, I have got a lot done. I have done some house cleaning. I didn’t have anything to can, I think most peo...
Well it is a nice morning here in our little valley. We didn’t get a heavy rain but there is a little water flowing in the creek; I walked down there early this morning to look at the creek. I saw a small deer getting a drink, I guess its mama was close by. There is a nice breeze blowing across the front porch and I am enjoying my time here in the swing. It has been a busy summer, my neighbor brought over some peppers and tomatoes again so I made some salsa this time. Sure is good with pinto beans and good brown cornbread and a glass of good s...
Well it is another quiet morning here in our little valley. There is a nice breeze blowing across the front porch, everything is fresh and clean from the good rain that we had yesterday and last night. It is getting closer and closer to fall of the year and I am looking forward to it. I have also been wondering what kind of winter we will have. I can’t ever remember having so many spiders. We have them everywhere outside and even after we spray for them, they come right back. Back in the good old days, our papaws would go by the signs, we a...
Well it is another quiet morning here in our little valley, not many sounds and not even any squirrels in the yard, but the apples on the apple tree are all gone. The squirrels sure were busy when there was a lot of apples on the tree. The cats are napping, seems like everything is just relaxing. I know I am enjoying the peace and quiet. Off in the distance I can hear the neighbors cows and a dog barking. The sun is shining across the front yard and I can see the shadow of the cross from the old oak tree. We are all feeling a lot better,...
Well it was a nice morning this morning here in our little valley, 68 degrees, but it sure has warmed up now and it is going to get hotter over the next few days. Just a normal summertime here in Lewis County. You know when we were growing up, we didn’t think much about the heat. We played under the shade tree and after dinner we would take a nap on a pallet on the front porch. Our dinner most of the time was boiled potatoes over cornbread with an onion. Back then houses were built to be cooled by the breeze, and our bed was by a window and a c...
Well it is a quiet and peaceful morning here in our little valley, I’m on the front porch and having my cup of coffee and just enjoying the quiet. Not many sounds this morning, the cats are napping, a squirrel just went across the yard with an apple. It is beginning to sprinkle rain but that doesn’t seem to bother the squirrel, it is busy stocking up apples to dry for the winter. I have canned some more, but not as much as I usually do. This seems to be more hotter and humid summer than usual. I guess it just bothers us older people more. But...
Well it is a hot and humid day here in our little valley. The sky is getting dark and I can hear thunder off in the distance. I am enjoying a cold glass of sweet tea, sitting here in the swing on my front porch. I was thinking back to when we were young. We had a storm cellar and when it began to thunder and the clouds would get dark, we would go to the storm cellar, it was basically just a hole dug into the hill at the back of our house. We were afraid of storms, but we had fun going to the cellar. We had shelves built and mama would store...
Well it is a beautiful day here in our little valley. I am sitting on the front porch swing and I have got a glass of good cold sweet tea. The breeze is blowing and looking out over the yard the flowers are blooming and the birds are singing. I don’t see the cats, but there are a couple of squirrels. I think they had a nest in the big old oak tree before lightning struck it a few years ago. The old tree is still standing but the limbs are all gone now. At a certain time in the morning when the sun shines just right, the trees’ shadow makes a p...
Well it sure is a nice and peaceful day here in our little valley. I am sitting in the swing on the front porch. There is a nice breeze blowing, we have shade trees in our front yard so our front porch is in the shade all day. This has been a busy week, but we’ve got a lot done. We picked blueberries about every other day. I’ve canned juice and made jam. The apples are almost ready, but a lot of them have fallen off the trees. We are beginning to see a lot of those beetles.They don’t seem to bother the fruit, just the leaves. Well here we ar...
Well it was a hot and humid day here in our little valley. But I’m sitting in the swing on the front porch with a big cold glass of sweet tea. There is a breeze blowing and we have a lot of shade, the cats are napping in the cool shade. It is really quiet, I don’t even hear any birds. I guess it is just too hot for them. The squirrels were busy earlier this morning carrying apples across the yard. There are plenty of apples on the old apple tree. I will be really busy soon putting up apple butter, I’ve never seen so many apples. We walke...
Well it is a peaceful day here in our little valley. We have finished lunch and I have my glass of sweet tea and I’m in the swing on the front porch. It is very humid but there is a little breeze blowing. I can hear the rumble of thunder and the sky is starting to get dark. Looks like we may get a storm, the cats have left the porch, I guess they can sense the storm coming. We sure have had a lot of rain, some of the gardens are a little late. We were in Amish country last week talking to some friends. They said their gardens were late. You k...
Well it is a beautiful morning here in our little valley. A light breeze is blowing. It is really quiet this morning, very peaceful. The cats are laying in the shade and taking a nap, and even the birds are quiet. The squirrels are busy carrying apples up the old oak tree. We usually see them doing that in early fall, but it seems things are a little different than usual. As I sit here on the front porch and look around and I listen to the peace and quiet, I know there is still a lot going on in this world, a lot of trouble and violence. So we...
Well it is a cool morning here in our little valley, seems unusually cool for this time of year. The cats have had their breakfast and are snuggled back into their beds for a nice cat nap. This morning I’m really enjoying my cup of hot coffee. I love these cool mornings. The old apple tree in the yard is so full of apples, the limbs are bent over and almost touching the ground. I saw some squirrels getting them some apples that had fallen on the ground from the high wind we had. Well everything to me seems to be a little different, maybe it i...
Well it is a quiet and peaceful morning here in our little valley, there is a light breeze blowing, the cats are napping and I’m enjoying my coffee. The days are getting warmer and it is getting daylight earlier in the mornings. I like the mornings. Seems we have more time now to get things done. Farmers are beginning to cut hay and people are working in their yards and gardens, making everything look so good. It won’t be long until it is canning time, I think there are still some of us that still can. Well, it seems things are beginning to...
Well it is a beautiful morning here in our little valley. The sunshine is warm and the cats have all eaten and got their baths and are now taking their cat naps. I’m having my coffee and enjoying the warm sunshine. The apples survived the cold spell and so did the blueberries. I will make apple butter and can blueberry juice for winter. I turned on the TV this morning to hear the weather, they said a great warming is coming late this week, I think maybe our little cold spells are over. I heard on the news a lot of bad things; wars, killings, b...
