Rebecca's Hearth and Home: Master To-Do List and Menu Plan Monday

Monday, November 6, 2023

Master To-Do List and Menu Plan Monday - November 6, 2023

Last week we had our first hard freeze with temperatures dipping down into the teens; this week it looks like we'll have plenty of sunshine and highs in the mid- to upper-70's. Beautiful!

Barred Owl

Tuesday morning the weather was perfect for finding 'frost flowers.' As a result I conducted an impromptu 'frost flower hike' at work.

Frost Flower

Five brave folks weathered the elements to join me, but, unfortunately, I wasn't able to spend as much time with them as I would liked to have had because my van was acting up. The engine was overheating, but I had absolutely zero heat inside. My fingers were absolutely frozen!

I nursed the vehicle home a little at a time and when Bud got off work he came over to take a look at it. It turned out to be exactly as he suspected...the engine was air-locked. He bled the air off and had it fixed in no time. He checked everything over, made a list, and told me to pick up the brakes, oil, filters, and other items needed, and, that instead of taking it down to the vo-tech, like I usually do, he'd do the work on the van himself. I plan on picking the parts up today.

We had a nice crowd turn out at the park Saturday in celebration of National Bison Day.

There were hikes out to view the bison and crafts for the children, as well as bison chili to be eaten and enjoyed . I'm pretty sure that everyone that came had a good time!

I pulled up this year's zinnia plants after last week's hard freeze and piled the dried plants in two gigantic piles on my front porch. I spent a couple of hours yesterday afternoon cutting the dried flower heads off of many of them for seed, but only made my way through about half of them. When I'm finished I should have an ample supply of seed for my own garden next year, plus plenty to share with family and friends. If you would like to receive zinnia seed from my garden just contact me with your name and address and I would be happy to send you some.

Well, the day is getting away from me and I need to head to town, so let's take a look at the week ahead...shall we?