Busy Month of October

Oct. 29, 2017  Here in northwest Oklahoma, the weather is moving toward winter and bypassing the moderate days of autumn.  We went from 90 degrees a couple of weeks ago to overnight temperatures in the 40's and close to freezing point (I don't know exactly what the temp got down to, but it was in the 30's and the windchill factor took it into the 20's.  And we do have strong winds.  I spent one pleasant day this week, when it was 53 degrees, bringing my  house plants inside for the winter.  Drew has lots of succulents and we need to find a place for them indoors.  The century plants from my dad's garden have thrived and gotten larger over the summer, and they will go into the garage.  I'll repot them in the spring. 

We've kept busy with guests at the retreat.  We held a fundraiser for Phoenix Circle Foundation, with an art auction and a house concert, and Andy and some volunteers worked to remove the front of the Arts Building in town and replace it with new frontage.  We wanted that done before the Cheese Festival on Oct. 13. 

 I am continually looking for money for economic development and am currently working on a grant application targeted toward Main St Beautification.   Our GoFundMe campaign is still up and running but I haven't updated it in a while -- hopefully will get to that today.  We appreciate all donations.

We hosted Brian Pounds and Grace Pettis, two fabulous singer/songwriters from Austin, on the night of our Art Auction.  We made a couple hundred dollars and still have art left for sale.  All art pieces were donated by some really good artists.  While driving around the state promoting that event, I made lots of contacts in the arts and music scene.

Gotta run...... will pick up when I get back from running errands.   /Linda