April 24, 2017 Good Weather For Working Outside

Almost.

We get our porch back.

Buttercups!

Friday 4/21. JB left for Down There a little before 9:00 am and made it out fairly easily.  He had to put transmission fluid in his Jeep and then was able to drive around just fine.

I vacuumed, worked a bit outside and just generally enjoyed the day.  Had a nice chat with Randy who is recovering from having an infected tooth pulled.  And our first hummingbird visited, checking to see if the syrup was out.  I usually wait until May 1 to do that

JB arrived home a little after 3:00 pm with mail, groceries, and gas.  He also brought up the year's worth of different gluten free flours and oatmeal that I had ordered from Bob's Red Mill.  We had the most incredibly delicious dinner of Costco rotisserie chicken, cole slaw and potato salad!  And milk!  Fresh milk, not powdered!  Life is good.

We will soon have more of a variety of wild flowers.  The balsam root is about to burst into bloom in a few different places, and the grove is covered with budding dwarf waterleaf.  The buttercups are out and yellow bells are spreading, along with the alpine spring beauties.  My Aunt Nene remembers yellow bells from the ranch where she grew up in Spokane Valley.  She would pick them for her Mother.

It is so funny to watch Dinga listening for moles.  She cocks her head like a robin listening for worms and then pounces, but rarely comes up with anything.

Five eggs from the girls again today.  Our high for the day was 56.

Saturday 4/22. It was 39 and mostly cloudy this morning.  We spent most of the morning enjoying newspapers and magazines.

We got our porch back today.  We used Miss Kitty to move the swing seat back to its frame south of the house.  A great seat from which to enjoy the view of the mountains.

I finished a Thomas Perry book, Vanishing Act, and started another one of his, Shadow Woman.  One of my favorite authors.  I also started another basket.

The morning sky threatened the forecast rain, but we just had a few short sprinkles, no more than it took to dot the porch steps.  Most of the afternoon was sunny with a high of 54.

Sunday 4/23. It was 37 and overcast this morning, but the sun managed to break through a few times.

JB read the book on the tractor but still couldn't get it started.  Tomorrow he will call the store where we bought it to see if they have any suggestions.  I went on both the walks today, up to the point each time.  And, of course, did all the daily chores.

Our project for the afternoon was to raise the threshold on the gate to the girls' run.  We are going to do this on the door to their hen house and the door to the garbage/recycle shed so we don't have to shovel so much snow out of the way in the winter.

There is very little snow anywhere now, except for the east slope.  Tomorrow morning we plan to drive down to Larry and Elsie's to bring JB's Jeep up to where our road meets the main canyon road.

There was a short but heavy shower while we were eating dinner, and our high for the day was 52.

Monday 4/24. It is 36 with a light overcast this morning.  Hopefully we can get out of here by 8:30 am to go get JB's Jeep.

Thought for the day: If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.  George Orwell