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October 6, 2016

IT'S FRIDAY, MY FAVORITE DAY!!

It's official, with all the rain and stormy weather we have had this past week, Fall has arrived. I am never quite ready for the changes, with the last of the gardening to put to bed, pruning flowers back plus all the other projects that I put off that are on my list that I can't get to because of the rain.

It has been enjoyable to watch the herd of elk that have claimed the island their home for the last week. It is beginning to be rooting season and the bulls are getting a little possessive with the cows and the older ones are chasing the younger bulls away from the herd. We haven't seen any fights going on so far.

There is this little game I play every morning while I am putting the bird feeders out. I place peanuts on the deck railing and watch the Blue Jays swoop down to get them. Some of the Jays can be very greedy by trying to put two peanuts in their beaks at once but it never works and they often end up not getting anything. I can hardly get back inside the house when they have all the peanuts taken. It doesn't take much to entertain me!

We had to make a trip into town on Monday. I had a crown prep at the dentist and Dave had an appointment at the VA Hospital to have his ears and hearing aid checked. It turns out he has two problems. His hearing has declined even more and the hearing aid no longer fits snugly in his ear. They are now fixing his hearing aid so it fits better. He has had quite a bit of feedback in his ears from the improper fit. He tried to fix the feedback problem by using some Play-Doh. It worked pretty good until the stuff got warm and gooey and then it made a terrible mess. It took him a half hour to clean the goop out of his hearing aid. So he will have to put up with the feedback until November 22nd when he has an appointment for the new earpiece. Meanwhile, I'll be back at the dentist to get my real crown fitted on Monday.

We started back on our church project. Last summer, we had a drain put in the dirt inside the building because of the underground spring water that occurs when it rains. The workers left piles of dirt/clay/rock where they had dug the trench and we had to move the piles of dirt and rocks and smooth out the ground. We want to place Visqueen over the ground before we put in a new floor. Dave and I spent most of the day Thursday shoveling dirt into buckets so we could use the dirt along our retaining wall outside the church. I also wanted to use some of the river rock that was left over on some of the areas in the yard. So between shoveling rock and dirt ALL DAY LONG, we both were very tired. That is intense labor and I really do appreciate anyone who has to do that for a living! Not to mention that we are totally out of shape for doing that kind of work! After we get the Visqueen in and the joists in we will be ready to put in the floor. Oh, and did I mention the 20' beam that we have to replace? The new one gets "shoehorned" in place after the Visqueen. This is an ongoing project and when we have money set aside for more work, we will continue.

That's about all that is happening our way. Enjoy the fall leaves and their beautiful colors.