Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

RAMMEL · November 10, 2026, 09:12:18 AM

Join the Gang SHAN

phyllis · November 10, 2026, 09:57:21 AM

Thanks for the link to Substack, Patricia. I subscribed to Karen's musings and was surprised to learn that she lives back home. Just across the Ks/Mo border from where I grew up. I am loving it,too.

Beautiful day today and cool. The perfect Autumn day. Take care, All

Amy · November 11, 2026, 06:57:20 AM

Good morning..

Starting out at 32° with more rain today and the possibility of snow tomorrow.
Can't complain about the weather so far .

We had a nice luncheon yesterday, pork chops with stewed apples ,bake potato, buttered corn ,bun and pineapple upside down cake. All that was missing was a couch to have a nap on. The ladies at the church really put on a good meal. A gentleman goes around and fills your tea or coffee cup.

Jenny, no or very little work got done yesterday, I was as full as a tick after the lunch and yes needed a nap! No, you are not lazy!

MG, Shan is one year older than Jesse. He turns 8 on the 28th of this month. Time flies!!

Phyllis, hope you and David are feeling a lot better now.

Patricia, that is beautiful photography......sending it on to a friend that also photographs birds.

Barb, everything is done in moderation. My mind tells me "you can do it" My body tells me "don't you dare do that again" !

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

JaneS · November 11, 2026, 07:22:19 AM

I haven't been able to post on here lately. If this goes through, HELLO AN HAPPY DAYS TO EVERYFRIEND !!!

MarsGal · November 11, 2026, 07:33:24 AM

Hi Jane. So happy to see your post. I hope you, Frankie, et.al., are doing well.

phyllis · November 11, 2026, 09:34:36 AM

So nice to see all here this morning and especially nice to see friends that have not been able to be here for awhile.
David and I are both doing well right now and hoping to keep it that way. Thanks for thinking of us, Amy.
I will try cutting up some Granny Smith apples today so David can make some of his good applesauce. For someone who doesn't like to cook he makes a very tasty applesauce. It doesn't last long enough is the only problem.
Take care, All.

patricia19 · November 11, 2026, 11:56:03 AM

Good morning and Happy Veterans Day to all the vets out there. Thank you for your service.

The weather is its usual snow, rain, ice, and repeat. Plus 15, presently at 7:42 am. Meet-and-greets, morning chores and routines done, coffee in hand, I'm waiting to see what the rest of the day brings. Yesterday, I got tired of my hair in my face and snipped off the offending parts. I went from a page boy to a structured bob, which looks better, and I'm no longer bothered by it in my face.

Thank you, Phyllis and Amy, for your comments. I enjoy photography, especially photos of mountains or rivers, so I've enjoyed Substack and many photographers.

It's so nice to see you posting again, Jane. You've been missed.

patricia19 · November 11, 2026, 12:06:53 PM

Veteran's Day

BarbStAubrey · November 11, 2026, 01:20:18 PM

Oh lordy did it again - saw your post Rick about a Shan joining the group and of course back tracked to see if there was a post from Shan and in the process lost my entire almost finished post - sheesh

Can't repeat but wanted to say how wonderful to see your post Jane - and that was some lunch Amy, i bet your had a really light supper that evening - home made apple sauce what a treat Phyllis and I bet the apples were from right there in NC - OK Patricia a home made 'structured' bob hmmm although sometimes what we do ourselves works better.

Still chilly not as cold as the last two days and still rain showers off and on... been tackling the hall cupboards and almost finished - it would be nice however I doubt I'll finish today...

patricia19 · November 11, 2026, 02:06:22 PM

Barb, I've always had baby-fine hair and usually short bobs. And yes, with hairdressers wanting close to a hundred, I usually cut my own.

Re: losing your posts. If I'm writing more than a couple of lines or posting a graphic in cards, I will open two pages of S&F side by side. This way, if something happens, I still have my post.

P.S. Rick was commenting on MarsGal's cat, Shan, having a birthday.

Amy · Reply #70 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

Good morning

Starting off chilly again,30° and no sign of sun.

Will go for tea with friends ,pick up a few groceries then home to make pastry. I need to get my tires torqued, keep forgetting to do that and had better do it today!

Barb, I had some yogurt for supper Tue night. Too full to have a big meal!

Phyllis, you just reminded me I have some apples to be put into pies..or handpies. Will think about that and one or the other w or maybe both will get done.

Jane, nice to see you!! You will soon be baking up your Christmas cakes.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

RAMMEL · Reply #71 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

Quote from: Amy on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 05:36:28 AMI need to get my tires torqued

Tell us about that. Sounds like something we don't have to do down here. Is it because of the cold, and metal shrinking (contracting) as it gets cold?

BarbStAubrey · Reply #72 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

I could be wrong and hopefully Amy sees your post Rick and answers but from what I understand where tires are changed for summer driving versus winter driving after driving on the changed tires for about 50 miles the nuts are re-torqued to assure the lug nuts have not lost their proper tightness or that grit has not gotten between them and the hub of the tire.

Sun is out today - not a strong show of brightness but no overcast for a change - nice - grass cutting crew just left - probably go in and take a nap and here it is not even noon but last night was 'loud' - nearby business added another shipping container to their collection that they use to store supplies and the boom of the drop could wake up the dead plus, all the off and on hammering taking place at 3: in the morning - turned over on my good ear to help block the sound but once wakened like that a good sleep never really follows - then having to be up and at'em to write the check to the crew who cuts the lawn - enough for one morning says I and a nap will do it...

Amy · Reply #73 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

Ever have a frustrating day??? Mercy!! Needed to replace a doorknob with a locking one and that is the second job I dislike!

We had a few flurries of snow.. nothing to worry about.....but we do know it is coming. Hung the dogs bedding out on the line and with the wind it will be dry in no time.

Barb, thank you, that is exactly why it is done. Kyle usually reminded me about doing that. Must admit gotta love naps!!

RAMMEL · Reply #74 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

Quote from: Amy on <strong>Yesterday</strong> at 02:57:52 PMBarb, thank you, that is exactly why it is done. Kyle usually reminded me about doing that.

Never heard of doing that around here, and never heard of it being a problem. Maybe just do it right the first time?

Amy · Reply #75 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

They do Rick but this is just a extra precaution.

BarbStAubrey · Reply #76 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

Don't know if this will work but trying to copy and paste a photo that actually appeared in my old neighborhood facebook page that shows what the scenery is like in Austin in November which is cooler and dryer than here north of Houston...Hmm looks like it is a link to the photo - can't make it work by inserting it in the photo link in our list above

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Amy · Reply #77 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

Good morning...

For those that didn't see the odd snowflake yesterday the weather is making up for it and really showing them this morning. Jesse's back was white when he came back in. A day of catch up on jobs that didn't get done. Doesn't take much to sidetrack me anymore..

Barb, beautiful photo. What kind of trees are they?

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

MarsGal · Reply #78 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

While we had nothing more than some light rain and drizzle yesterday, just across the river Lancaster County got hail - enough to completely coat the ground. I'm glad it didn't do that here, otherwise I would have had to cancel an appointment. Today, it is to stay in the forties. It looks like this is the start of consistent temps in the thirties at night for more than a week.

RAMMEL · Reply #79 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

And here we're thoroughly soaked. If it were snow we'd be up to our noses in it. But no snow here. Supposed to get some Northwest of here a bit.

patricia19 · Reply #80 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

+19 presently at 6:33 am. Dense fog until noon, with perhaps a coating of snow and little to no accumulation. I expect the rain to make an appearance somewhere in there. The interior Arctic is dry, like most Arctic regions, with little to no humidity, and you need humidity to create snow.

Anchorage, 400 miles south, on the other side of the Alaska Range, has a lot of snow. It's part of the same wet climate as Washington and Oregon. Rainy in the summer and snowy in the winter.

BarbStAubrey · Reply #81 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

Sun out today tra la -

Amy the big trees that are partially seen in the foreground are live oak - they stay green all year round, loose their leaves in early Spring but the new leaves replace them almost as they fall - in the distance that stand of trees is a mix of mesquite and a couple of Hill Country Cedar that are actually some kind of Mexican Juniper however they have always been referred to as Cedar and in another month starting either just before or immediately after Christmas the pollen covers the trees that usually the wind shakes them and oh oh oh the allergy reaction is almost universal - everyone has runny noses, watering eyes, headaches, hopefully the aggravation does not go to a sinus or lung infection - there may be a few other low growing trees in the stand but from the distance photographed cannot tell...

However, that sorta misty weak sun but blue sky is typical of our fall weather - more melancholy than vibrant with color. Where as, to have snow fall is a major catastrophe - no one, who has lived here for years knows how to drive in snow or ice - no city much less the county, except for maybe a few in north Texas or the Panhandle owns snow removal equipment - the best is, if predicted early enough, dump trucks with sand, at night sand down the over passes and alerts go out NOT to use the roads with low water crossings

(Instead of a bridge, the low water crossing always has the creek or stream running across the road that was built with a dip in the road so the water can run over it - during major storms the creeks and streams rise and there is always some fool, who is not driving a heavy pickup, trying to cross and is carried downstream hopefully, to get caught up in river bank branches but whatever, it takes the fire department to rescue them and they are lucky to get their vehicle back - If cold enough to snow and since the water is usually shallow in winter, just to the edge of most hub caps, it can have a thin layer of ice and that causes problems}

Had the photo been taken near a creek or stream among the trees would be lots of what we call Spanish Swords or some areas of Texas they call them Spanish Daggers - they are really Yucca that have fan like sharp pointed fronds, that in mid to late fall, in the middle of all those swords or daggers is a beautiful white, good size plume made of many tiny flowers or blossoms. Also this time of year the Salt Willow blooms white and it also grows near creeks and streams.

ah found a photo of the Spanish Sword in bloom - haha I'll try another way - the link was equivalent to 2 word pages of numbers and letters. Nope again a monster size link - if you are curious just google Spanish Swords or maybe, Texas Yucca called Spanish Swords.

After last night's loud earth shaking drop and industrial build out of a shipping container, leaving me with 3 hours sleep and a couple of naps that really didn't do the job of a good night's sleep I sure made up for it last night - nary a sound crept in the house - did get colder so the indoor temp dropped to 71 which is nice sleeping with a blanket and slept over 10 hours, just shy of 11 - whew a cup of coffee was welcome to get the groggy out of head and eyes.

Looks like y'all are experiencing either snow, heavy rain or dense fog - one of those days to wrap your hands around a cup of something and drape a sweater or blanket round your shoulders but I'm betting y'all know how to make such a day productive rather than gazing out the window... End of the second week after the election and the media is still blathering on about election results - it never ends does it... well with changing our clocks it now gets dark before 6: and so I better get my short walk in before the sun starts its down sky ride towards its disappearing act. Till later...

RAMMEL · Reply #82 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

Barb,
If you're trying to post a pic don't use the "Quick Reply" box. Instead, click on the "Reply" button up a bit. Then you will se info to "Drag Image Here" or something like that. It's a slightly different posting window.

Amy · Reply #83 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

Barb, thank you for the explanation . I did find a Yucca and they are beautiful!! Will try and post the photo.. does it have a scent?

Amy · Reply #84 - Re: Soda Shoppe November 1 , 2026

Whoops. sorry ,that came out bigger than I thought!

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