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| German pancake just out of the oven. . . |
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Wednesday 4/4. I drove down to Mrs Gridder's to deliver our items for the garage sale and pick up our mail. Had a nice chat with her and a good drive back up the mountain. The main canyon road has only three spots with snow and ice, while the bare spots on our road are growing.
A light rain was falling when we went on our afternoon walk, and it was trying to snow on the south ridge. Our high for the day was 44.
Thursday 4/5. It was 34 and lightly raining this morning. I was on my way by 10:00 am and drove out of the clouds just before Mrs Gridder's. We were on our way to Moses Lake by 11:00 am and it rained all the way there.
But the rain didn't dampen the fun we had on our visit. Mrs Gridder and her folks make me feel like one of their family. We talked and talked and ate and talked, then discovered that we all like to play pinochle! Such a great day.
Friday 4/6. It was still raining this morning in Moses Lake and continued to do so all day. We talked, ate, and played more pinochle, finally dragging ourselves away at about 1:30 pm. Another rainy drive back to Wenatchee.
I was home by 4:00 pm in the rain and fog. The high for the day Up Here was 42. Always good to be back home, but it was such a fun trip!
Saturday 4/7. It was 36 with a rain and hail mix pelting down when I got up at 8:00 this morning. Rain fell all day off and on, mostly on. We had received almost 1/2" overnight. Mud season is definitely in full swing now.
Our older dog, Jesse, does NOT like to get his feet muddy, and it is so funny to watch him walk around outside. He can be out for an hour and come back with his feet just a little wet, whereas Dinga can be out for five minutes and come back with mud halfway up her legs.
We saw our first robin today, and most of the snow is gone now. I guess Spring really has arrived. Our high for the day was 46.
Sunday 4/8. it was 36 and overcast this morning, but by noon the forecast wind had begun gusting and the sun was shining.
I have wanted to re-arrange the living room for a few weeks now, so we did it today. Needed some power coming in so I could vacuum. There are really only two ways we can have the furniture, so every three or four years I like to change it around.
Our cistern is filling up by itself again. Don't know yet if it is from the well, or melt water leaking in (we have had both). So far the water is still crystal clear. So we took nice, long showers today. A few times in the past we have had to pump water out of the cistern, so it doesn't overflow, with a hose attached to the hydrant.
By mid afternoon the wind was gusting to 17, which is great for drying out the ground. I plan to go Down There tomorrow to return the Samsung tablet I bought. I just can't get a signal unless I am right by a window. But I have finally talked JB into a small smart phone, so we will each be getting one as soon as there is a good sale. It will be less expensive monthly and we will have unlimited data for our computers using the phones as hot spots.
So nice to have the sun out, even if it was windy. Our high for the day was 46, but it is supposed to be 62 Down There tomorrow. I'll barely need a jacket.
Monday 4/9. It is 36 and mostly clear this morning. The wind has died to a light breeze. Hopefully the wind dried out the road as well as it did our yard.
Thought for the day: Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience; this is the ideal life. Mark Twain
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