Thursday April 19 2007

Taking Garbage Barrels to the Dump -

Joe Sweeping Snow and Ice off the Truck

Butte in Fog

On todays date in 1938 Howard Hughes set the around-the-world speed record in an airplane filled with ping-pong balls to make sure it would float if it went down in the ocean.

Not much happening here, except its snowing. Last night we had a raging blizzard. At least I'm finally learning to punch save more often and didn't loose the WAOW membership level document I was in the midst of working on when the power bleeped off. The wind blew so hard yesterday afternoon again that it blew some of our siding off. Then we had to go out with the ladder to (hopefully) hook it back on. Joe on the ladder and me holding it. He's got it duck taped on for now.The dogs would go out for about 60 seconds, wouldn't go off the porch and were plastered with snow. Of course they shook it all off inside the house. I found out later on the weather site that the wind was blowing over 50 mph. So it looks like we're back into winter this morning. I doubt it will stick for long. I took a photo of the antelope in the snow out the window at dawn this morning, but it didn't turn out - wish you could have seen it.

A few days ago I threw some poppy seeds out in the yard where I thought they might come up looking pretty around the wagon and this moisture will help them get started. If the birds haven't gotten the seed already. By the looks of it I don't think we're ready for any gardening yet, tho' getting the moisture is wonderful. I feel sorry for the new little calves, but it could be much much worse. Even after all these years I'm always amazed at the speed in which the snow squalls blow over and then its sunny again, over and over.

I'm still spending most of my time on my volunteering for all my groups. A lot of time lately has gone into writing up a structure for membership levels in the Women Artists of the West bylaws. And the newsletter deadline is tomorrow, and I have a couple of things that are supposed to be ready for that. Charm and I are in charge of gathering all the info for a master address list for contacts in support of the Sublette County Community Conference and Fine Arts Center. I'm glad to be involved in that project because I've always wanted to have a nice place like that locally.

Yesterday afternoon Joe loaded the garbage barrels into his truck with the front end loader of the tractor. Thank you very much - I didn't have to help lift them in. And he took them to the dump at Pinedale today. This is the regular day for his blood work (and it was very good). So he had lunch in town. I like to get my housecleaning done while he's gone so he won't be sitting in the middle of it while I'm working. Think I'll have stew from the pot roast with pie crust on top of it for dinner.

We're seeing lots of new birds now, doves, geese, cranes, rs flickers, robins, bluebirds, different hawks. A red tailed hawk has been roosting in the tree on the ditch and yesterday I saw he has a mate now. There were two of them. I love it when a "v" of geese flies over honking. I'm pretty sure I saw a peregrine falcon yesterday, and the osprey are back on several of the big nests. Charm saw swans on Boulder Lake. The cranes were really boistrous out in the snow this morning.

I'm looking forward to going in tomorrow and getting a manicure and pedicure. It was one of the things I promised myself when I was sitting in the hospital. It will be the second one I've had in my life.

Ladder in New Snow