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Friday, April 10, 2009

Friday April 10 2009

Crows

Herd of Deer Panorama

Carmichael Hills, turnoff to the house.
Fremont Peak
When I first saw this the cloud plume or possibly wind
blown snow was raising high into the sky.
By the time I got the camera out it was just a fraction of that.



Quiet morning, so not much to write about. Slept good and feeling pretty well. I'm glad I got so many of the little miscellaneous jobs done, that feels good. I still need to get the entire punch list redone to include Joe's items for the builder. Did I ever say that he finally called the other day, and is sending a couple of men to work on the whole list at the end of the month. That was good news. He sounded nice and seemed willing to take care of everything on the list. He said to send him the whole list, through his realtor. I'll give it to James and he will give it to the realtor who will fax it on.

Might grocery shop later today or tomorrow and get a nice ham for Easter dinner.

Joe went out to breakfast this morning with his coffee klatch friends, then had a nap. He is out in the garage now. He's got the garage doors open. Probably sweeping and letting the water that drips off the vehicles dry off the floor. His next project - if you can imagine - is he's going to move the big gas water heater - which is down in the crawl space - closer to his bathroom because he's mad it takes so long for the hot water to get there. He had Joe the plumber come over the other day and take a look at it, getting advice. Craig suggested that he just get a small electric water heater and hook it up close the the bathroom and that would give the hot water sufficient time to come from the other distant one. I hope he might decide to do that instead of moving the other one and having to reconfigure the gas lines etc. It's where it is now because it's venting at the same place as the little gas fireplace, next to the garage. If he moves it then it will take longer for the hot water to get to the kitchen. Need another vent hole in the roof and rewiring. Cost? Oh, my, what next!

Mostly the sun is shining, but there's ominous clouds around the edges. It sure is wet and muddy out. It's 50 degrees at noon, so hope it dries up the ground.



WOW A MILLION TREES.
It was on this day in 1872 that Nebraskans planted more than 1 million trees, which became the first Arbor Day. Arbor Day was dreamed up by J. Sterling Morton, who worked as a newspaper editor, a governor of the Nebraska Territory, and Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture. In 1885, the date was changed to April 22 in honor of Morton's birthday. By 1907, Arbor Day was celebrated across the country, and people were taught that planting trees was a patriotic act.