May 22, 2017 Surprise!!

Our porch.

Chicken gifts!

My crown & wand!

Friday 5/19. Rearranged the porch this morning to keep the coolers out of the sun as much as possible.  Then after lunch we cut, moved and stacked "old" wood.

It was a magnificent day!  Perfect for working outside.  Lots of sun and a cool breeze, with a high of 65.

Saturday 5/20. It was 48 this morning and mostly cloudy.  Right after breakfast JB got the tractor going and began moving dirt onto the swale we created last year.  I raked the dirt and stomped it down.

After lunch we put a tarp over the roof of the hen house to keep it cooler in the sun.  Then JB mowed the west end of the south ridge.  It always looks like a park up there when he is done.  I refilled the wood cradle.

A dark cloud drifted over a few minutes after JB was done mowing and dropped its load.  Then the sun came back out and we had a high of 65.

Sunday 5/21.  It was 52 and clear this morning.  Just right for sitting on the porch with my coffee.  We leisurely got ready for the fish fry at Larry and Elsie's and left a little before 1:00 pm.

We arrived to find balloons, a Happy Birthday banner and most of our canyon friends!  WOW!  No one had ever thrown me a surprise party before!  Such a wonderful afternoon it was.  I even got a crown and wand.  Lots of great food, friends and conversation.  And gifts - I was so spoiled!  It was the perfect day for such a party with a cloudless sky and a high of 83 at their place, and 72 at Rose Camp.

Larry and Elsie had told us that Larry's fishing trip was a bust, when in fact he caught quite a lot of fish.  This deception so they could say the fish fry would be just the four of us since there wasn't much fish!  I was still overwhelmed by the time I went to bed. . .

Monday 5/22. It is 58 with a clear sky this morning.  Am still feeling spoiled.

Thought for the day: The best vitamin for making friends: B1.