New Decade, New Chapter, New Hampshire

Friday, September 16, 2022

Fall Weather Report

Temperature this morning at 7:30!

Fall weather has arrived.

It is 62º in the house.

With an oil furnace we want to hold off starting to heat the house as long as we can.

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

I transplanted two chyrsanthemums and by mistake broke off a branch. I trimmed stems and stuck them in water in hopes I can force the buds open. Never have done this before so don't know if it will work or not.

Here is the plant that gave up the stem I used.

And below is the other one. The pots are faux ceramic and in fact the orange color had faded so I spray painted them on Saturday with a walnut color.

I like how it turned out.

The mums are to be bronze in color and you can see hints of color showing below. Not the red in the corner - that's a geranium in the front bed.

Sunday, September 11, 2022

White Mountain Trip

We spent two nights in the White Mountains, specifically North Woodstock, NH. It's the off season now between summer and leaf peeper time so the crowds were light but also meant that not much was open. Our plan to drive to the Cog Railway and go to the top of Mount Washington was derailed by the weather. No reason to pay that price to see the clouds. Instead we took a gondola to the top of Cannon Mountain (free for NH seniors) and viewed the clouds from there.

We also paid our respects at Franconia Notch to the site where the Old Man of the Mountain once hung cantilevered over the notch. Despite many attempts to save it, erosion took its toll and the rocks fell in 2003.

It was to be a relaxing time though Dan was bothered by a toothache that necessitated a call to his endodontist. He was able to get an appointment for the next afternoon so instead of seeing more scenery on Thursday we just headed home after breakfast. He needs another root canal on a tooth next to the last root canal. He will have some relief on Wednesday this week.