Phil and Virginia's Birdhouses
Today was the most relaxing day I've had in a really long time. I straightened up the studio a little and was able to catch up on a little reading. First off I read Judi's pbwiki about her interviews with people who worked with the Skinner Brothers Wilderness School. I'm really enjoying the stories.
This evening I took an ATV ride around the field and the dogs went along. They were glad to be out taking a run. When we got alongside the creek there were geese and ducks and in went the dogs, even though I was yelling at them not to chase the birds. It was a black bog mud hole and they were covered with mud. I figured I'd better hose them off or they couldn't come in the house for the night. Sounds like a simple solution, right? Well I hooked the hose onto the faucet by the back door and no water has been turned on there yet since winter. So I took the hose in through the back door and carefully hooked it to the utility sink faucet, screwed it on tight, turned and turned, yep it was on. Turned on some hot and cold so it would be warm on the dogs. It was about 45 degrees, so not your usual outside dog bathing weather. Got them all sprayed off one at a time. Went back inside and half the utility room was flooded and water spraying nearly to the ceiling. The wood louvered door on the furnace was all wet. And water sprayed up and down the walls. I got towels and started mopping the whole mess up. At least I got the floor good and clean in the process. The dogs are still pretty wet tonight but they will be fine.I saw a great blog tonight about Antarctica, and am sending the link out by email. The guy had beautiful photos. Tomorrow we're going to town for a doctor appointment for Joe. I'll get a few groceries and take some artwork to the framer. My gift drawing of Buster by Judy is framed and ready to pick up too. I'm anxious to see that.
