Patty Sousa, our weather person, was right. It was necessary to be outside on Saturday and Sunday. Now I have lots of inside stuff to do. I'll get to it in a minute.
Sunday I joined my Sacramento Walkingsticks friends and we went for a hike in the foothills. We started at a place called Weimar. People with TB were sent here for treatment and kept away from the rest of the population. The hike was wonderful with a hill to climb called Cardiac Hill. We all made it just fine. We walked through a tunnel of manzineta trees. The reddish brown branches meeting over our heads. Then we walked past two of the cemetries. One by four boards with numbered brass circles nailed to them mark the graves. So many succumbed to TB in the past.
Today the weather continued moving toward cold. I will be out of my sandals by November 1.
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TB, Polio, Small pox, influenza, even pneumonia - we take it so much for granted that we're safe from these things now. we shouldn't forget to be grateful.
There is a book called "The Pearl Diver" about a girl who has to go to a leper camp. I think prior to WWII time frame. Was very good read.
Also of note -- the latest from my prevention magaziine --- there are a couple of vaccines to keep up on for older adults -- pneumonia and shingles ( which is the chicken pox virus)
Sounds like a great hike though. Are you sure about those fall temps already. We still have the A/C running.
The weather - in the last week I have turned the furnace on long enough to warm the bathroom for a shower. The ac has been off a few days, but may have to turn it back on as the weekend sounds like summer weather again. One of the advantages of living in Nebraska.
Wish I could find a group to hike with.
Sue
Never sure of lasting fall temps. However from 104-106 down to 77-85 brings the beginning of fall.
I don't use air conditioning unless it is over 100.
But it's a dry heat. lol
When do you turn the furnace on?
Sue
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