Good morning all. Weather forecasts for Christmas are all for wet weather here, that means snow up North, looks like a white Christmas for some.
Burn pile ran all night, looked out several times to see flames where they were supposed to be, all buildings, bushes and woods seem normal this morning, in the dark.

Lot of wood chips and a big rain on them so they will burn slowly for several days. At least the fire stays where it is supposed to. I've got enough ash in that pit I really could bucket some out for the garden, though worry about nails and other things best left in there. I suppose I could dump the ash on a tarp and then run a magnet over it but that sounds like pretty dirty work.
Long talk with farmer neighbor yesterday. He seems to have run off his tenant farmer so now I have a lot of farm fields available.
Might take the Massey with the disc harrow out in the next few days to clean up some weeds. Any excuse to get out in the sun.
Cleaning ladies liked their baskets and were there when my neighbor came over and started banging on the back door. Some had never seen him, he's pretty infamous around here and not in a good way.
There's some wild man out there yelling I believe was how he was announced. Long white unkempt beard, probably fleas in it. Later I took him some cat food and a cat toy for those cats left, plus a copy of the newspaper article showing his 34 cats being taken in. The cat toy was a collapsible three way tunnel cats can crawl though and play. Figured that would entertain him.
I special ordered an LL bean canvas bag with a friend's initials on it for Christmas, and they sent it to my old address in PA. The guy there said he would ship it out last Monday, but still nothing. It's supposed to be given Monday night so not sure it's going to make it in time.
I just redelivered a Christmas coffee cake I keep getting each year for the prior owner's SIL, who thankfully lives a mile away. Tis the season for packages to go astray.