Buster’s Blog

Last night it got down to 17 degrees which is very cold for Chattanooga.  I have a remote thermometer in our greenhouse and it showed 31 degrees despite having an electric heater in there. At about 11 PM I took a portable oil stove down and put it in the greenhouse and turned it down as low as it would go so it would last all night and the temperature started up, but the stove went out and when I got during the night I checked and the remote thermometer showed 28 degrees, so dressed in my pajamas and a coat I went down and relit the stove and turned it up higher.  It worked all night, but the begonias look the worse for the experience.  It is forecast to be as cold again tonight.
On top of that Marilyn’s car froze up on her way to the dentist and I had to go get her, but my car wouldn’t even start.  It turned over but wasn’t the least bit interested in starting.  I had to rent a car to go get her.  The problem with her car (we think) is that it used to have water leak and I just kept adding water instead of a water/antifreeze mixture and it just got too diluted for weather this cold.  The leak was fixed earlier and now the system has been drained and new antifreeze added.
I hope tomorrow is more normal.

We went to George and Julie’s for New Years Eve and put Buster in the kennel.  The kennel required that you have your dog on a leash when you bring it in so I came out the back door with the leash in my hand and Buster tore out to the car and stood by the back door waiting for me to open it.  When I did he jumped right in like he knew just where we were going.

When I picked him up he did seem happy to see me, but not that anxious to leave the kennel.