Our Community

Our community showed up today for COVID testing!  There were cars lined up an hour an a half before 0800 testing began.  Now there are 7 long lines of cars waiting to get tested.  And they keep rolling in! 

What will this data tell us?  It will tell us that on this fine day, there will be a certain number of negative results and probably a few positive people who may not even realize they are infected.  It builds a baseline number.  Will this happen again in a couple of months?  Could we use data garnered a couple of months from now to see how the influx of visitors affects a community's health.  Maybe so.

All in all, it is remarkable to live in a place where people are willing to take time out of their day, waiting in long lines, and to endure the process of a long stick getting stuck up into their sinus cavity.  I am bummed there won't be a spot for me as I was kind of looking to see how that all felt.  I will miss the experience!! 

I will share out data when it comes in.  This is remarkable.  We are all in awe as we did not expect our community to embrace this opportunity with such a response of individuals!!

Happy Birthday to Me!

In This Week's JH Paper!

Isn't this nice?  The barn quilt gets local recognition in this week's newspaper.  Woot!  Woot! 

Immediate Response

Wow!  That was fun!  So many of you responded so quickly!!

No Dad, this barn is not on the Oregon Trail, however, the barn quilt may be important for it to continue to stand!!

Stephanie, I would LOVE to make a barn quilt for your white barn....hmmmm, wonder how much it would cost to ship it....!!

Here is a picture illustrating why I don't think Mike and I can put our's up alone!!

Big BIG News!!

Look, look, look!!  Installed today on the Brown Barn!!  How cool is this? 

Winter Project

Every winter, Mike takes on a welding project to fuss with at the Walton Ranch.  He gets out and feeds in the morning, then welds away on a winter project.  A couple of winters ago, he built the most sturdy, awesome swing for our front porch.  The thing weighs a thousand pounds (okay, that may be a slight exaggeration) and sports a trex-covered swing that one can sit and rock back and forth, drinking one's gin and tonic, listening to the meadowlarks and frogs sing, and contemplate how retiring early could be managed!

This winter, Mike built a privacy screen.  Our renters to the north have a straight-on view of our hot tub.  Which means, they have a straight-on view of our bare asses and other parts as we get in and get out of the hot tub.  So, Mike built a screen.  It has a center post, anchored in concrete.  Hanging off the post, fence-like, are two swinging screens.  The swinging feature was important in the design so one could cut the grass under the privacy screen without causing great harm to one's head by running into the thing.  Take a look!

Increased Temp = Increased Activity!

Things are full-speed ahead now with warmer temperatures.  Bees are buzzing, lawn is growing, fields are drug and growing, Barn Quilt #2 is done, and many other projects completed and/or commenced.

It's rather difficult to keep up at this time of the year.  And then throw in work - what an interruption!!  Just think of all that could get done if one didn't have to trudge off to work!!  Ah, no complaints here; happy to still have a job.  Who knows what the future holds....

Not much time spent in the house this weekend.  In for a quick bite to eat, a solid night's sleep.  Sun has been shining!!