Play catch-up, of course.
That is what has been going on. I have
been walking every day and finally got up
to 2 miles. And that shall continue because
I have promised to cat-sit for a friend who
lives 2 miles up the canyon. I'll walk there
each day to care for the cat.
The smoke from California has invaded us. I
can't imagine what it must be like there
considering how bad it is here!
Robert and I removed a pipe from a culvert
up the road. The culvert is going to be
replaced and the pipe was doing nothing so
it seemed a good time to pull it out. That
required working our way along the creek and
digging up the pipe in places and pulling it
up and out through the culvert. It made you
appreciate how hard it must have been for the
earlier settlers to make their way through the
canyon which, I am sure, was equally full of
underbrush.
Replacing the culvert will require the road to
be closed above us for at least one day and
maybe two. I hope they do a better job of
warning everyone before they close the
road than they usually do so that they may
have the opportunity to move cars below the
culvert.
I had a trip to the hair dresser and to the
dentist. The State Farm adjuster came and
looked over the damage on the Saturn. As
expected, they'll not pay a whole lot for the
repair. The estimate included finding used
parts. Saving money is their job, after all.
Ariel went to an ENT and was diagnosed with
fluid behind the ear drum which was causing
her to lose her hearing. Hopefully antibiotics
will solve the problem.
The restoration of the Little Church in the Pines
continues. The new building at the rear of the
chapel is coming along. The tile floor has been
laid and the walls have been stuccoed. The plan
is to have it finished in time for the annual
Craft Fair which has not taken place for two
years because the venue, the schoolhouse, has
been filed with the church pews.
