fall, food, clouds and taxes

Time flies and days are shorter. It must be fall. This is a time when churches get back into the swing after the summer rest. Meetings, practices, and bible study groups. Then our paint groups meet again on Monday and Tuesday mornings. It is nice to be busy. I was unexpectedly free on Thursday and decided to get the oil changed in my car, a Honda, and therefore a trip to Wilson was needed. How nice to find the Honda dealer is near Marshalls, Belks, Starbucks, and Harris Teeter. How great was that? I was so impressed with HT that I would probably go over just to get nice veggies and meats. We won't get one b/c of the three W--M---s in a 10 mile radius. That goes for a Lowes foods also. I did get some lovely Angus chuck roast to put in my Beef Bourgingnon and they had the nicest white pearl onions... All the way over and back my driving probably looked like I was fighting bees because I was trying to take pictures of the fantastic cloud formations and wherever I look is where my car goes. I did pull over once or twice.
Cecil has had an infection on his throat, between the skin and his windpipe. In four days it went from a grape size to a large golf ball size. The vet did a biopsy and gave his some antibiotics. The culture came back as two infections and by today it is nearly gone. I am so glad it was nothing worse. He is very dear to me.
I must have missed the county commissioners meeting where they tripled the car tax for this year. Boy was that a shock to get that bill. I am sure it will be like the gov's sales tax. By the time my car is old enough for the tax on it to go down, inflation will make it higher.
This time of year is so great with the cooler air. I can hardly wait for next week with temps in the 50's overnight. Time to open the windows. Hopefully no one is burning garbage or chicken feathers.
I was listening to NPR's radio program by National Geographic and will try to watch on Wednesday night channel 70 cable for a program about a man who spent several months surviving in Yukon with minimal supplies. He evidentally had interesting encounters with animals.
Many prayers for cousin Nancy in Pennsylvania who has suffered surgeries with her cancer and hopefully will be moved to a hospital nearer her home soon.
Sally