Granddaughter, Abigail, is in the hospital for a short stay.
Get well, soon, Abba!

October 27, 2016 - Thursday

34 degrees/cloudy/calm winds
Pentoga Road

An Abigail update... after a one night stay in the hospital, she's home! Hang in there sweetheart, we love you.

Talk about a crummy day. It rained all day Wednesday and well into the night. We saw our first snow flakes just prior to going to bed, but thankfully, the ground is warm enough that it didn't stick.

Grady and I had to adjust to the inclement weather on Wednesday. The first order of the day was to check the traps.

Since we couldn't find Grady's mittens and hats, he had to make do with PawPaw's. Wearing those made him feel rather boss-like and the munchkin wasn't slow in telling me what I was doing wrong while remaking one set.

It began to rain... and rain... and rain some more. What do two guys who were planning on hanging out in the woods do when it rains? We go to see Yooper Brother Uncle Mark!



That's Mechanic Dave of the left. He was just going on lunch when Grady spotted his banana. Well, it was Dave's banana. How it ended up in Grady's hands, I'm not sure, but he enjoyed it down to the last bite.

Mark made sure Grady got to see all the action and there's little doubt that given the chance, Grady would have gone to work right then and there.

Grady gave two thumbs and a one banana up to the all the bales of animal bedding.

Hambone's most favorite part was the tractors, those big, loud, noisy, beeping, tractors.

We returned home and spent the rest of the day by the wood stove. Seeing him yawn, I asked Grady if he was ready for a nap. He said he was, but asked if he could sleep on the couch. Why not?

And so the day went, cold, rainy, and miserable outside, warm and fun in the house.

Grady kept singing, "Rain rain go away, so Grady can go outside to play."



It never did. It just kept raining.

Daddy arrived around 4 PM and after a quick bowl of homemade beef stew, the boys took off for Iron Mountain.

Sargie was home early last night and as was the case during the day, we spent it in the living room soaking up the heat from the wood stove and watching television.

Today will be a mixed bag of goodies. Sargie closes tonight so it will be a long one for her. I'm going for my walk then drive to town and purchase a 6 volt battery for the tractor. At some point, AT&T and I are going to tangle about an unresolved bill and since I didn't get to play in the shop yesterday, I'm going to make a point of doing so today.

Meanwhile, it's time to throw another log on the fire, sip some coffee, and think some deep thoughts.

After all, a man's work is never done.

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...