Finished wrapping the boat

Robert checking out the boat-wrap







We had to give up on finishing covering the boat yesterday
because the snow was coming down hard and heavy. It didn't
amount to a heck of a lot, not compared to what is happening
in other parts of the country. We got another 3 or 4 inches
I would guess. This morning Robert swept the snow off the
tarp we had put on yesterday and I helped him put on a more
water proof one over it. It is a precarius job at some
points because the boat hangs out over the creek. In order
to tie the green tarp down Robert put a rope through a
grommet of the part of the tarp that is over the boat and
over hanging the creek. He tied the other end to a cement
block and then let the block swing out over the creek. He
did that on one side and used an old tire on the other side.
I think it is secure enough now, I hope. It is cold out
there today, high was 19 and low 10.

We have a nightly visitor. I think from the tracks that it
is a dog, but it is coming down from the mountain, not up
from the road. I'm not sure where it is coming from. But,
the neighbors say there have been two sightings of mountain
lions in the last two days. The last one, the lion was
walking down the middle of the road.

In the mail today was a card from Ed Reed, cousin Sally's
husband. He wrote, "as you know, Sally died last January,
but I know she would want me to send out cards using her
Christmas list." Well, I didn't know. I am dismayed that
I didn't know. Neither Cal nor Mary let me know and I don't
understand why.