Cloudy days make you live longer

Cloudy days vs. sunny days, which is longer?

Although the weather on Monday morning was cloudy the relatively warm temperature of 57 degrees made the walking easy.  The  humidity was in the high 90s due to a southerly flow of air up from the Gulf of Mexico.   At this time of year the cloudy days can outnumber the sunny days or at least it appears that way.  Sometimes it seems to me that a day which remains overcast will drag on and on whereas a sunny day seems to slip away without notice.  This effect probably has something to do with not being able to see our Sun's position in the sky, or maybe it is just my imagination.

 The dog has been very chipper and healthy lately and has been enjoying his walks a good deal each day.  As I have said before cooler weather agrees with him.

Harvesting of the Turnip Greens
continues at a steady pace. 

We headed out and walked halfway up the paved road and stopped at the Turnip Green field.  The greens there are magnificent this year.  I am a garden oriented person and looking at these beautiful plants doing so well really inspires me to work in my own garden.

In this unharvested corner of the field the plants are
thriving in the cool fall weather. 

The plants are so big now that the dog almost disappears when he walks down the rows.  We turned and headed back toward our home and along the way noticed that the new home in the pecan orchard is close to being dried in.

The basic structure of the new home
is now recognizable.  That was quick.

I stopped and talked to the homeowner who was running some temporary plumbing from the new water well.   He too was struck with how fast the project was moving now that it has begun.   He told me he had a 90 foot water well drilled with a submersible pump installed at the bottom.  He felt that this would be more dependable than the surface installed jet pumps most homes use in this area.  I also received some information from the owner of the pecan orchard that the corner lot which had sold is now for sale again.  I have always like the corner and though I don't know how I could swing it, I would like to purchase it.  Miracles can happen.  I will put it on my pray list.  Thanks for reading my blog today.  Bye.