Green

We've been home a week and spent most of the
week waiting for a landscaper to come and
hydro- seed the blackened earth around the
house. He finally came on Friday. We now are
surrounded by bright green instead of black!
I prefer that. The green contains 10 different
kinds of short grasses,wheat being the tallest.
It also contains about 10 different varieties
of wildflowers including columbine, penstemon,
black-eyed susans and vetch. I don't remember
the rest and of many I was not familiar. In
any case it'll be fun to see what comes up
in the spring!

I met Jo in town for coffee on Wednesday.
We always have much to talk about and this day
was no exception. It was an enjoyable hour or so.















After having leaving Jo, I ran errands, one of
which was to go to JoAnn's fabric shop and get
plastic rings to sew on four of the tie- backs for
the living room curtains that returned from the
cleaner without them. I also brought black ribbon
to use as a tie- back for the missing one. This
was Jeanne's suggestion. The black in honor
or memory of the fire. Finally, the living room
is complete.

Robert was pleased with his driving day this week.
He drove ten (10) cars!!! He has a new boss, Steve,
whom started as a volunteer driver some time ago.
Robert and Steve got along right from the git go and
shared ideas on how the operation could be run more
efficiently. While we were gone Steve took over
and has already implemented several of the ideas
they had discussed. Hence, Robert was able to drive
10 cars instead of the 2-5 that have been the norm.


















I'm still hoping the curtains for the upstairs hall will
show up. I've looked at replacements, but the windows are
an odd size so replacements are hard to find. Viki made the
living room curtains, but I don't think she is feeling the
financial pinch she felt then so probably wouldn't be
interested in making curtains the upstairs hall.

My cleaning women showed up. They said they were coming at
7:30 so by 8:10 I was sure they weren't coming, but they did
show up. I won't expect them before 8 next time. They are
so good, a mother and daughter team! They are in and out
of here in less than 3 hours and do a fantastic job!