Wednesday July 2 2008

Curtis and Debbie Planting the Pots

Isn't She the Cutest Kid You Ever Saw?

Hot Dogs, Potato Salad and Watermelon

Joe and Curtis

Debbie Cooks

Big Sandy River is High

Cristy Adopts Perennials to Give Them a Good Home

SPEEDY RECOVERY MAXINE!

HURRY AND GET WELL SO WE CAN

ENJOY SOME SUMMERTIME TOGETHER

Report: Maxine had surgery yesterday and Doctor said the surgery went well. Combined endoscopic and open approach. Findings of no evidence of spread, considered the disease to be in very early stage. Recovery proceeding extremely well: fully ambulatory and taking oral nutrition (complaining all the while, no solids yet.)

I'm sending lots of prayers your way.

Curtis got here about 10 a.m. He had stayed in Coalville last night. Debbie started first thing getting the flowers into the pots and Curtis helped her. He just didn't want all his work buddies back home knowing he was planting flowers on his vacation, so I told him I'd only put it on the blog and no one would see it.

About 11:30 we thought it might be nice to go down to the river and have a picnic. I threw some potatoes in the microwave and made the fastest potato salad ever, 20 minutes maybe?, got the hibachi and all the stuff in the car, and off we went. It was breezy but so pleasant. grilled some hot dogs, and had watermelon which Curtis threw in the river to cool. We only forgot a knife to cut the watermelon, glasses for our drinks, and we had only three plates, but we managed.

LOTS of traffic on the road, all those Rainbow Family characters going up to Big Sandy - And the county has put up 35 mph speed limit signs - NEVER had those before - and highway patrol are out there watching - So it took us longer to get to the river today - maybe 10 minutes. And usually you wouldn't see another car, just maybe some truck with a horse trailer. When there are unusual situations in the state, the law enforcement helps by sending cops from everywhere. They are staying in motels in Pinedale, and there are lots of them patrolling up at the Rainbow Camp. So we are seeing a big increase in police presence. The other night a cop car was out by our mailbox at midnight stopping someone and cars still going by. They stayed there about an hour, but they could also have been S&R guys - as our lost neighbor still hasn't been found. Now they think he may be in the Rainbow Camp. If so, that would be a wonderful thing, compared to some of the alternatives And when Curtis got here he came up on a highway patrol just about our mailbox and the cop had his gun out trained on the guy in the car!!

We could have stayed by the river longer, but Cristy was coming at 3 or 4 this afternoon to dig up and take some of the plants to her flower beds. Eventually we will get that project of phasing out the big flower bed in back finished. She filled her truck and the back seat of the crew cab, and hardly made a dent in what is available. Thanks for coming and giving the plants a good home, Cristy!

It is Thurgood Marshall's birthday, and he was quite an amazing man. Here are some things about him I didn't know.

http://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,amwm,dv,bqi,e0bq,3h7d,7kai