Yellow Sky

It’s been an unremarkable week. Monday started in a strange way. It was cloudy dark and getting ready to rain. Then the clouds opened enough for some light to get through. Everything was bathed in an eerie yellow light. Now I know about red sky in the morning…. But what does yellow sky in the morning mean? For us it meant imminent rain. I googled yellow sky and found that there was an old western movie made with that name, but no explanation of the weather phenomena and what it meant.


I went to PT on M-W-F this week and can measurably feel my shoulder getting better each day. It is back to the doctor tomorrow to see if I lose my sling and start driving again. The trip up north is riding on my being able to drive.


On Wednesday my auto cat feeder Mod II quit working reliably. I’m going to have to start from scratch with a new design. The problem is not that the thing doesn’t work. It does great for 3 days and then by design, I guess, turns off. So tomorrow it will be Mod III. I’ve got an idea that involves a bicycle wheel, electric drill, and a rotating dispenser. We will see if I can get something to work reliably for more than 3 days. Rube who?


Our homeowner’s insurance bill came this week. It is 2 ½ times what it was last year. I guess that’s the price we pay for living in paradise. It is interesting that the monthly bill for just insurance is almost equivalent to what our mortgage payment was and that included insurance and property taxes! I’m beginning to worry more about insurance cost in retirement than medical costs. Just keep those hurricanes away!

I E-mailed the folks up north and told them our plans. Both Donna and Heidi offered to put us up. We are staying with Donna this time. Penny is going to cook dinner for everyone on Saturday evening when we are there. Donna and Heidi are going to try to gather up the relatives for the dinner. We are less than two weeks away from our trip. The leaves are just beginning to turn up there now. If the Vermont foliage web site is correct we should be up there for peak color from 10-12 Oct. Maybe this year we will see the Sun and not a yellow sky.