The Wisconsin Badger men’s basketball team made it to the final 4 but lost to Kentucky last night by 1 point. For all our Badger friends we would like to say it was a good season in spite of this loss.
Birds are building a nest in our Cottonwood tree again. I saw one of the pair flying into the hole while carrying a feather to line the nest. The cats in the house can see these birds from the front window and it provides quite a source of entertainment for them.
I mowed part of the lawn yesterday. Mostly this area grows weeds rather than grass and is used as parking space for the Ford 8N, the aluminum trailer, and the ’76 Scout. I retrieved the Toro mower from the storage shed, did spring maintenance on it, and fired it up. It was nice to smell fresh-cut greenery again, even though this heralds the start of Summer maintenance chores.
The solar panels for the RV (The Box) have arrived and will be installed on the next trip to the lot. I also ordered a carrying/storage case for the chain saw as hauling it around inside a garbage bag was getting old. We are getting “real uptown” now. 🙂
Pam has added a couple plaques to our walls. I like this one in particular. Since I was born in the mountains Pam says the first part of the sentence is for her and the second part is for me:
Our friends Mary and Jeff are traveling in Great Britain right now and we hope they are having a great time.
Daughter Felicity is planning a working vacation trip to Wales, starting in April. Given that most of her work is done via computer, she’s not restricted to any one geographic area to make a living. Certainly a change from my generation.
Just for hoots (like, when we win the lottery) we have been looking at real estate listings in Sooke, British Columbia. (Water and mountain views.) One million can get you a very nice house overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca. “Sweet dreams are made of these…” Hey, we’d have plenty of room for visitors!
Strait of Juan de Fuca from dream house. Pam loves the water views. Jerry has mountain views. (Realtor photo.)
On the “we are getting old” front, we watched a special the other night about the Beach Boys who are celebrating their 50th anniversary as a rock-n-roll group. We are still hoping for the “…fun, fun, fun..” to come along.
That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!
Pam’s Two Cents Worth:
Big news in little De Beque – the town voted to allow marijuana sales in town, the first town in the county to approve retail pot sales. Great. We have a cop-for-hire police force and unsophisticated town government. This should be a fiasco. And, De Beque is on the Fall 2014 state ballot to allow gambling in town. Is it too much to ask that this might actually increase our property values so we can move out of this dump? Not likely.
Happy Trails.
Incredible that you mowed grass – WOW! You are light years ahead of us.
Also wow to the legalized pot – have no clue what that might do to a community.
Cool sign!
‘doubtful if retail marijuana sales will have much of an impact — “them that do”, will continue. Just another small business that will bring in “some” outside money.
Gambling — a much larger revenue source — if done correctly, it would certainly raise property values…
The Badger loss, while disappointing, hasn’t effected the local mood much — just getting to the “Final Four” was a triumph, and they were (very) competitive, not an “embarrassment”…
‘actually have “lawn mowers” out working my complex’s yard, though not cutting — leaf “vacuuming” while others trim hedges. Nothing growing yet — given how deep the freeze went (close to 6 feet), it will be awhile…
Appears to be warming up in the “high country”, though wet snow is still in the forecast for mid-April.
Good luck with the solar panel installation — hopefully luck won’t be needed…
sounds like you’re getting geared up for some real work! hope you and pam have been pumping iron 🙂
love the sign and would love to come visit you in british columbia! dreams are meant to be big!
congrats on the pot shop deal 😉
you guys are cutting edge! we’ll catch up here in a few years
gambling…our casinos here actually contribute a lot to the community…so it’s been good for us…though not great for the people that spend all their money there.