Sam and Robert are working in the barn and making good
progress. Before the flood Robert had begun to sort through
the stuff in the barn to try and clear it out. He didn't
want to leave a godawful mess for his kids to clean up. The
flood has hurried the process quite a bit.
Vernon has ALL the mud out of the fish pond and stacked
sandbags along the path to divert any further flooding into
the creek instead of into the pond. The inlet and outlets
are still filled with mud, but he has made great progress.
We and he use the pond as irrigation water when the dry
weather comes.
Sunshine had rain yesterday so Ingram Gulch flooded again.
Ecos is here again today and placing the Jersey barriers
behind the barn. They have brought up more sandbags so
there will be plenty of bags in addition to the barriers.
It should let us rest a little easier when the next flood
comes. The experts tell us we may have floods for the next
3 to 5 years. But, perhaps the trauma will not be so bad.
We'll no better than to leave anything we want, on the barn
floor!
Yesterday, I retrieved a disc that was hanging on a branch
near the pool. It was the one Robert said that he had left
in the boom box because both the boom box and CD were
covered with mud. The disc was certainly muddy, but I
decided to see how bad it was. I hosed it off and brought
it in. Using CD/DVR cleaner, I cleaned it and voila..it
plays beautifully. Nary a twitch nor twitter..clean sound.
Amazing! I had similar success with an LP that was muddy. I
used the same CD/DVR cleaner on it and it sounded fine. I
then copied it to a CD and the CD is clear and beautiful.
The LP is from the Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
at the Lincoln Center in or around November 1985. I'm glad
to have retrieved it.
Steve, the window washer came today. The windows sparkle!
On the Longmont front, Kerry is working on the Landscaping and
Mike is sanding and staining the deck. Things are moving on
nicely on that front. I shall be anxious to see it when all
is complete. The house newly painted, deck stained and yard
put in shape! Already for us to move into....NO we're not
planning to do that any time soon despite fire, lightning
and floods.
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