Three Score and Ten [Now Thirteen

Three Score and Ten + Day 64

We got back here Mid afternoon today from the north woods. We left early to beat a winter storm, 3-5 inches of slushy snow starting in mid afternoon in North Central Wisconsin. We did have some light snow yesterday and lows of around 20 degrees. Yes Old Man Winter has made his entrance. We lite the wood burner, which is a free Standing Fireplace type. if you have never done it, Back up to a hot fire on a cold day is great, till it gets too hot. We have a propane furnace also so we let the fire burn out at night. The biggest problem is not letting the house get to warm when the wood burner is lite. The strawberries look great for next year. They got covered with straw, I hope not to early. So the compound got tucked in for the winter. We will go, weather permitting back up there the week after the election. I hate to drive in bad weather, showing my age. I can not see well, cataracts will need to be taken care of one day.

I checked my auction bids when I returned, it was a disappointment. I won only three small lots, a 1935 hand tool catalog, Some older mechanical pencils and a lot of other early 1900's magazines. It is hard to win bids if you are not present. And also I bid to win what I think is a good bid price for resale or maybe keeping.

I have something on my mind I do not know how I want to write. so I will write and maybe the words will come out right. I do not want to give a wrong impression. If not I will delete this part of todays Blog and You will be none the wiser. God has blessed the wife and myself beyond what we deserve. We live very simply. We keep No cell phone, No Television and we miss neither. This computer is our window to the world. We eat simply, At home. Growing about 90% of our yearly vegetable produce. We are savers but not wealthy. Our personnel needs are minimal. The question is at 70+ should I desire something else. There is nothing realistic that makes sense to have, that I desire. In short my dreams of doing more things is fading away. My options in life are becoming fewer. Maybe a life of buying needs only has become a habit. I feel as If I have hit a wall, My needs are met. Now What? What will motivate me in the future? We do like to travel, but that has become stressful and difficult. I have always been very pragmatic everything needing a reason to have, except travel. Do I go out and buy some toy just to have it? I think I may have answered my question. I am a simple man with few wants, I need to be content with that. I did not delete this paragraph so I will give it more thought as I paint tomorrow. Have a Blessed Rest.