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April 12, 2007
Appreciate where you are...wherever you are...
After making the 90 min trip (one way) to drop off my taxes, I took the long route home (having to stop at our fave nursery)...it really made me appreciate the move we've made to the country...there was so much traffic and noise and construction and large trucks and removal of trees and countryside in Austin that I was happy to get home...I swung by the Post Office and folks smiled and said 'hi'...i don't know them, they were just polite...and as I was almost home, I saw a truck and trailer go by, carting a saddled up horse down the road...I sat on the porch, ate my lunch and visited with the mailman..he just stopped his truck at my mailbox and talked for about 15 min...
my old mailman in Austin quit his route because our neighbors were calling to report him for stepping on their lawn...and he was working 12 hour days because his route was too big...and he'd been bit by a dog...such a change of scenery out here...not that its perfect, mind you...but its quiet...and for that, i'm grateful...
I'm staying home today because I have to make more trips into town tomorrow and Saturday...time to get some work done here..I already have in mind what I wanna do...
I finished my class project (well the handles still need to be made, but the body is complete)...I'll get pics of it in the pre-felt stage because I love a 'before' and 'after' shot as much as the next person...
I watched a monarch lay eggs on our plants yesterday, and then I think I washed the eggs off while watering last night...I suck...there was also a swallowtail flitting around...lets hope we see some instars in the next few days...the 3 in the backyard didn't survive the sleet over the weekend...(its gonna be 80 today, how's that for a change of pace)...I also tossed the forest tent caterpillar that was hiding on my Heritage rose...too much foliage was missing for me to keep him around...he's in a pile of bedstraw weed (its the stuff that beds used to be stuffed with, back in the day)..lets hope he stays there...or a bird finds him...
Posted by Donner at April 12, 2007 10:04 AM