...and guess what??? I have my furnace serviced every late Sept. I like it warm in the eves and had been using it regularly off and on all summer. I keep it set at 74° in the summer (warmer in winter) so it has run on cool evenings with no problem. Last evening the temps dropped to about 60°. I was sewing late and it seemed cold in here so I checked the thermostat.
I ended up shivering in the ugly o'le basement at 2AM fooling with the furnace, but couldn't get it going. Yep! ...always stuff on a holiday weekend. Plus, because the temps have really dropped for the first time here (it's supposed to get down to 50° tonight) I'm sure the furnace service I use will be swamped with calls tomorrow AM. In the meantime, B-u-u-u-r-r-r-!!!! Outside of bath times, it's the first time my dawg has ever slept wrapped in a blanket. (see PIX)
And, OT like this, for gardening purposes, there's a picture of my last lily standing (a dwarf OA Hybrid from B&D called Sunny Crown). Like my whole group of Dwarfs, it got eaten nearly to the ground when it was about 6" high but THIS one managed to get through anyway! Next year they ALL will if I have to sleep next to that group every night with a wrabbit bat!!!!
