Nora and Sandy took the Horses on a trail ride today.
Even with two horses loaded in the front of the 4 horse trailer the Suburban rides level.
American Wigeon in our pond.
We have worked very hard to clean up our pond and it's looking great. The water is crystal clear and we've reduced the cat tails to just one area.
Colton and I removed 6 diseased Weeping Willows from the pond, here is the cleaned up area.
This view makes our home look like waterfront.
After 500 hours of service, the blower attachment on our John Deere had to be patched, rocks and debris had worn the housing out, here you can see how I patched it up with a heavy stip of black plastic from an old mud guard.
Here is the guard dog on duty. Look out!
The mountain sure is looking clear today.
That's Colton driving out in the truck, his license has given him new freedom and spared us from making double trips.
Mom and I were visiting Saturday night, I drove out by myself for a visit and I was treated to a wonderful dinner in the restaurant at Marionos mall in Shelton. Later in the evening we were sitting in the living room enjoying the warm glow of her fireplace and talking about old times. She had KGY radio playing softly on her Bose Radio and I heard the song I've linked above. It's Vince Gill's "Go Rest High On That Mountain". Mom said she couldn't understand all the words, so I sent her a link with the words printed. But I hope it's quiet where you are reading this and have just a couple minutes to enjoy my song of the week.
Life has been so busy this last week. Monday was a holiday, Presidents Day and we had just returned from camping at Fort Worden (see the slide show in journals). We had Company with us, Soibhan and Katiane flew out Thursday after school to join us, this was Kataine's first camping trip in an RV. What wonderful guest to have along. Though the weather was miserable pretty much the whole time, we all still had lot's of fun, thank goodness our trailer is big enough for six people to be comfortable. Sunday night when we had returned home my children frustrated me with their behavior and I was left wondering if they had appreciated all we had done for them, but I know most of the attitude is just being a teenager. So I decided instead of taking the holiday off I would return to work and save my vacation day for myself at some point down the road.
Monday and Tuesday I drove to work, but Wednesday through Friday I biked again, and the previous week I completed two and a half straight weeks of biking to work. The mornings have been super cold, well below freezing, but the afternoon rides home have been so pleasurable, with spring like weather every day and temperatures climbing above 60 degrees.
Sandy was busy substituting all week so her plans to finish painting our bedroom have been stalled for two weeks now, and that means our new floors and carpet are pushed back again. In addition to that Nora has been busy every afternoon or evening with either FFA, 4-H or advanced horse riding lessons. And all that carried into the weekend with more horse shows and riding. It's nice now that Colton is driving, he can help us with busy schedules. This Sunday is a stay at home day and do chores. Beautiful weather outside so it's time to put the computer away and head out. A neighbor needs some welding done and my garage needs cleaning.
Sunday morning a neighbor brought over a horse trailer that I modified for him, adding an additional steel joist under the floor. Happily the welding turned out real nice, even my upside down welds looked great. Rhonda brought her boyfriend out and we really liked him. We are always hopeful that she will find a partner who she can love, trust, be happy and grow old with.
The garage got cleaned today, the truck got washed and cleaned on the inside, I repaired my sawsall by installing an extension cord as a new power cord, and I installed a new towel rack in our bathroom that Sandy made herself. We had neighbors drop in, always nice to visit for awhile also.
What a wonderful weekend. See you on the next update.
We are so lucky the dog and the cat get along so well.
Nora showed this little horse, Festiva, just to do something different this weekend.
Mom and I trudged around on the beach before going out for dinner.