The Ozarks Gets Ice!

These pictures are looking both directions from my front porch. I'm not even going to try to walk anywhere else to take more....

We are getting sleet now, it's coming down pretty steady. The roads iced up earlier today and there were accidents all over town. I'm posting just a few pictures I have taken so far. I may post more later.

This is what things look like this morning, Note, that's ice not snow!

Tuesday Morning

It is something like 26°F this morning. I guess I should have brought in my Mums but they were on the way out anyway... I've noticed that the birds seem to be eating more, and I have had more stopping by than usual. I guess they are trying to put on some fat to keep warm. I snapped this picture of a female Northern Cardinal yesterday, it's so hard to catch them in a picture. They are too wary and will fly away if they see me move inside.

I ended up getting the post office to deliver my ballot yesterday after all, I nearly had to sign my life away to get it from the postman. They want to make sure you are who you say you are I guess. Well I voted and sealed it back up and it's ready to mail today. I'll try to catch him again or I'll have to go to a mail box later. There aren't any outgoing boxes close to me. All we have are these apartment boxes that have 12 smallish boxes for incoming mail. You can put a regular size outgoing letter in there, but there isn't room for this ballot.



I received the book I ordered, "The Ultimate Rice Coober Cookbook" . It's jammed packed with receipes and a really good chapter on choosing and the use of the cookers. I almost wish I had gotten this before I bought the cooker, I might have chosen one with few more features on it. It is just so easy to use, I'm making oatmeal right now as I write this. Just measure out the oats and water, add a little cinamon and some fruit in the steamer basket and turn it on! About 20 mins later and I'll be eating. As a matter of fact, I think it's ready now. So I'm off to eat!

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Monday Morning Musings

I'm having trouble deciding what to write this morning, so I'm just going to start and see where this goes.

It's really chilly outside right now, 30F and the wind chill is something like 20. I guess Fall is really here. It won't be long before we have snow....Although I really don't mind the snow too much. It always makes things so peaceful. I'm adding a picture of last nights sunset, the wind had picked up and it was getting pretty chilly when I took this. I didn't stay out very long.

One week left of this political madness. Thank heavens! I will be so glad when it's finally over and things can get back to normal. I ordered a ballot in the mail so I could vote early and the darn thing came while I was gone and the postman left me a card. Now I have to go to the post office because it's Certified Mail or fill out this card and wait for him to bring it back. What a hassle! It's getting so close to the deadline I'll probably have to take it to the Courthouse once I've voted now anyway. I'm not so sure that it would have just been easier to go to the Polling place like everyone else on Nov. 4th.

Well I guess I better get on with my day. Maybe I'll have more to add later.

Today I baked a cake!

Recently I bought a Rice Cooker and wanted to try out a Carrot Cake recipe with it. Well let me tell you, it didn't work! The cooker I bought only has 2 settings, cook and then it switches automatically to warm when it thinks it's done. For some reason it thought it was done cooking after only a minute. Ha! So I ended up firing up the oven and after pouring into a cake pan I cooked it there. It turned out great and very tasty. But now I have additional pans to clean! Oh well, live and learn.

It's really nice outside, a little chilly but the sun is shining and looks to be a very nice day. I'm adding a picture of on of my Fall mums, they are so pretty right now.