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rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 October 14 Monday (Columbus Day) in Liberty Hill, Texas 65° with complete cloud cover. It reached 85° still mostly cloudy. It was a good day to sleep in. Being Columbus Day, the senior center was closed. That meant that there was no place to go. Since we got out of bed late, IContinue reading “2019 October 14 Monday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 October 13 Sunday in Liberty Hill, Texas Any question as to why we spend more time in Texas than Iowa?God bless and g’nite Pastor John Saint’s sermon, “The Tenth Leper”. On the way home from worship, I stopped at Parker’s and purchased a couple pounds of ground Chuck and some sour cream. ForContinue reading “2019 October 13 Sunday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 October 12 Saturday in Liberty Hill, Texas 49° overnight with a mostly overcast sky. It rose to 71° under a mostly cloudy sky. Before bedtime, I turned the fireplace off and one of the milkhouse heaters on to a low setting. When I woke this morning, it was 66°, which is about idealContinue reading “2019 October 12 Saturday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 October 11 Friday in Liberty Hill, Texas What a difference a day makes. 50 degrees cooler and rain! . The Leander senior center wasn’t very busy today. Ella and I are alone almost all morning. Just before lunch, another half dozen people arrived. We ate and then left for Ella’s ENT appointment. YouContinue reading “2019 October 11 Friday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 October 10 Thursday in Liberty Hill, Texas 76° and foggy/hazy that broke th through about 9:30 became mostly clear and 93° inside and out. There were 44 at Over The Hill Gang today. Not bad for a day that they aren’t serving chicken. That’s right, the once a month day, when they serveContinue reading “2019 October 10 Thursday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 October 09 Wednesday in Liberty Hill, Texas 61° and overcast that became mostly clear and 89°. Before we left for Grandies this morning, I put some chicken thighs and Stovetop dressing in the Instapot on slow cook. After the meeting we played canasta.We were home by noon and the stuff in the InstapotContinue reading “2019 October 09 Wednesday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 October 08 Tuesday in Liberty Hill, Texas A very pleasant 55° this morning that reached 84° by mid afternoon. A white ball in an orange sky at daybreak. I was trying to photograph the miles of bumper to bumper traffic in/through Liberty Hill this morning. But since we were driving into the sun,Continue reading “2019 October 08 Tuesday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 October 07 Monday in Liberty Hill, Texas 61° and completely cloud covered this morning. The clouds were gone by midday and it reached 79 for the high. That is the lowest high that this section of paradise has had in a good long while. The eastern sky at “sunrise”. The southern sky hadContinue reading “2019 October 07 Monday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 October 05 Saturday in Liberty Hill, Texas 66° and clear as crystal. Predicted high of 92° and no air conditioning. It missed the predicted high by a couple degrees, reached 94. We had nothing on our “must get done” list for today. I woke long before first light and enjoyed the coolness ofContinue reading “2019 October 05 Saturday”

rvingfulltimewithtomandella.com 2019 October 06 Sunday in Liberty Hill, Texas 64° and clear with a predicted high of 94° and still no air conditioning. It reached 95. We attended church and Sunday school Once we were home I fixed steak in the Instapot. It was too hot to do much other than sit in front ofContinue reading “2019 October 06 Sunday”