A Good Sunday

We prepared most of our dinner and had it ready to put in the oven.  Meatloaf, baked potatoes, Sweet potato, and peas.

As it grew closer to ZOOM time.  I started working to get hooked up to our sacrament meeting.  I got Carol's device hooked up hoping for the audio.  There wasn't any.    I connected our speaker to my laptop and there was the audio.   We missed part of the sacrament meeting, but got most of it.  We Richard and I administered the sacrament.  We watched Tayler and Tyler for about a half hour.  We then watched the fifth Sunday meeting. After that we finished with Tayler and Tyler.   The was a good breakfast.

The geranium that I transplanted yesterday are looking good.  They were laying down some, but now are standing up.

A closeup above.

I found two tomato plants that have just germinated.  One is in the middle cell in the above photo. 

We had a surprise visit from the Healey's from Fillmore.   Richard called Robert.  He said that Jeanne has Covid.    Robert and Jeanne were in our house about nine days ago.  We are hoping that we are not infected.

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Hundred Five Geraniums

Richard left about six this morning for some medication and to visit, his daughter Emily and his grandkids.   He came home tonight about six.

I glued the legs of the above stool yesterday.  Today, it was pretty solid.  I found a 3/8 inch dowel and a 3/8 inch drill bit.  The drill bit was in the case of drill bits that Lisa and Eric gave me for my birthday.  I drilled a hole through the top of the seat into the leg.  I put Elmer's glue in the hole and pounded the dowel as far as it would go.  I did the same on the other two legs.  I cut off the dowel even with seat.  Nest I sand each dowel even with the seat.

Carol got a small package in the mail this morning.  It was a "creche".  I looked it up on the internet.  It is a nativity scene.   The pieces are in the above photo.  The star is the onely thing that looks like the nativity.  I could not fit any of the pieces together.

There is four squares of laminated wood.  I made them when we lived in American Fork.  The one on the right is for a clock.  I think I was going to make four clocks.

The weather was really nice today.  I had to take off my coat and open the doors because it was to hot.   I transplanted one hundred five geraniums this afternoon.   There are fifteen in each tray and I did seven trays.  In the upper right hand corner are six packs of geraniums that were to small.  I will finish them off Monday.  

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Thirty-two Geraniums

Picked up the mail this morning.  Carol rubbed against the three legged stool that I glued together yesterday.  Two of the legs broke off. 

I took the legs and the seat into the garage and sanded off the old glue.  I trimmed the glue off the legs.

I used Elmer's glue on one of the legs.  It balanced okay.  I came back a little later and glued the other two legs to the bottom of the seat.  The glue won't hold.  I will have to put a dowel through the top of the seat into the leg.  Or drive a large screw the top into the leg.  

I transplanted thirty-six geranium into 3.50 inch square pots.

Robert painted this picture of our tractor while in high school.  It is hanging on the wall by the front door.  Carol and I drove to Fillmore to get Richard.  He is coming home in a shuttle.  He called earlier and said that he would be there at six.  We were at the Paradise Inn fifteen minutes early.   He was there right at six.

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Loading Tractor

 It was a busy day.  The car battery was discharging.  I took it to Deardon Auto to see if they could find where the battery was leaking electricity. 

I drove to Dearden's and took a picture of the clock.  I got there at 9:30.  They took the car right in and when I left it was ten.  They couldn't find why it was leaking electricity.   I got some groceries at the Fillmore Market and then drove home.  On the way home I picked up the mail.  The legs of the stool that I worked on yesterday were pretty solid.  After lunch, brother Paul and his son showed up to get the tractor.  

Bill and I got the air compressor and the extension cords.  He plugged in the compressor and nothing.  I went back to the house and turned one the switch that turned on the Christmas lights.  He began to put air in the tires.  Surprisingly they held air.  The tractor was sort of stuck behind the big tooth maple.  I trimmed off some of the lower branches.  Bill is looking at the tractor to put air in the rear tires.  

Mike, the one who owns the large trailer. is connecting a chain to the tractor.

They pulled it part way out and then backed up the truck and pulled again.  The rear tires would not turn. The left tire slid and the right tire turned backwards.

They got it out to the road.   Bill backed the trailer close to the tractor.  The tractor was pulled completely on the road.

There is an empty spot where the tractor has been setting for years and the drag tracks.

They used a come a long and got the front tires on the ramp.  They pulled some and then stretched out the come a long again.  

At this point the wheels began to turn.  They used a large bumper jack to pull it closer.

Another photo taken further away

Another photo taken further away.

They got in on and were able to push it to the best location on the trailer.  I got on for the above photo.

The tractor was secured from all angles and they drove away.  Bill said that it would probably take two year to get it completely restored.

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Dead Battery Again

As soon as breakfast was over and the news was over,  I wanted to share some You Tube with Carol.  She wasn't much interested.  She was starting another puzzle.  I helped her turn the piece over.  She wanted some more books.  I marked the ones that she had ready and put them in a plastic grocery bag.  I turned the ignition key on and guess what?   The battery was dead.  I put the battery charger on and decided to let it charge for over and hour.  An hour later I picked up some new boxes at the Book Barn, and picked up the mail.  At noon I fixed some lunch.  Carol didn't want much.  I watched a couple of TV shows and then went out to the nursery where I watered the geraniums.  I also, watered the trays in house five.  Nothing growing there.

I started this stool a couple of days ago and wanted to finish it.  I cut a long 2x2 into three pieces about sixteen inches long. I cut them about two degrees off ninety degrees.  I sanded the seat until it was smooth.  I also chamfered the both edges.  I cut the legs to the same length.  I put the seat upside down on the table saw and moved them around and twisted them trying to get them slightly angled out.  I marked the footprint with a pencil and then used the white glue.  I put  a piece of plywood on the end of the legs.  A heavy weight was put on top of that.  That put some pressure on them.  They will sit there until tomorrow.  

Paul, my brother, called letting me know that they were coming to get the tractor about four tomorrow afternoon.

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Snow, Snow, Snow

Carol hasn't been feeling well the last couple of days.  She didn't get any sleep during the night.  I opened the back door and there was a lot of snow.  I swept most of it off the back steps.

After my breakfast, Carol didn't eat anything, I opened the garage door and took this picture.  There was three inches of snow.  I use the snow shovel that Richard bought a couple of days ago.  I like it because it was light weight and the snow didn't stick to it.

I pushed off the snow in the front part of the driveway.  Our neighbor, Richard Darnel, pushed the rest of the snow off and across the road with his tractor.

This is how it looked when he left.

He then pushed the snow in front of the house.

I removed the snow on the front side walk.

I then went over to the Stephenson's and cleaned away most of the from their sidewalk and driveway.

Richard came home in a large U-Haul truck which was loaded to the top with his friend's stuff that was in a storage unit up north.  He took it to St George.

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Funeral

It was 5:16 when I got up.  The light was on in the kitchen.  My first thought was that Carol couldn't sleep so she was up sleeping on the couch.  It was Richard. He was going to Utah county to pay some bills.  I read from Jarom in the Book of Mormon.  I was waiting for Carol to get up.  I watched the news, got things ready for breakfast, and fed the cats.  After breakfast I loaded the garbage into the car.  

I got in the car and turned on the ignition key.  Nothing except the sound of a dead battery.  I lifted up the hood.  The dipstick was laying across the front part of the engine.  I checked the oil a couple of days ago and somehow I was distracted.  I left and when I came back I shut the hood.  I think that I drove to Fillmore and back and drove around town.  My first thought was to call triple A and have them take the car to the garage.  Instead, I hooked up the battery charger and left it on for fifteen minutes.  The car started right up and I headed for the dump.  The check engine light did not come on.

It had snowed a little and all of the dumpster were empty.  But there was a cold north wind.  I put our garbage in them, then drove home.  The graveside service for our neighbor and good friend was at eleven.  We put on our church clothes and drove up to the cemetery. We waited up there for about thirty minutes before the Hurst showed up.  There were a lot of veterans there.

The American flag was properly folded and given to Raymond's wife, Ann.  The services were really good and a little tearful.  I was almost year ago when we were doing the same for our son, Eric.

There was a military solute.  The veterans fired three times.

Another photo at the cemetery.   The sun was shining much of the time and it was a little bit warm.  There was a bench near where we were standing.  There was a woman, last name is Hunter.  They owned the property where we live.   We went home for lunch.  As soon as we got home, Richard walked in the door.

Richard left this evening to help a friend clean-up his storage unit.

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Sunday

 I got up at five and started the roost in the slow cooker.  It was ready at one this afternoon.  After breakfast we finished preparations for dinner.  We logged on to ZOOM for sacrament meeting.  We could see, but the audio was terrible.  I sounded like there were two mikes on and one was a little behind the first one.  Relief Society meeting went well.  We watched Tyler and Taylor.  They were good.  

We had a dinner of good food.  Roast beef, cheese cauliflower, baked potatoes and baked sweet potatoes, Jello.  I ate to much.  We watch the Tabernacle choir for over and hour.  All in all, a good Sunday. 

Snow Surprise

 It is always dark when I get up each morning.  I read from the Book of Mormon.  Went into the front room and looking out the window, I could see snow on the tree branches.  Richard got up later and Carol got up later than that.  I feed the cats and started to prepare breakfast.  After breakfast, Richard and I started removing the snow.  I started on the frontside walk and Richard did the driveway.  The snow was wet and very heavy.  So heavy that Richard broke the handle of shovel he was using.  I gave him mine and I took his.  I got two shoves from greenhouse five. We got it cleaned off.   Richard drove to Fillmore and bought a snow shovel.  I hope it snow some more so we can use the new shovel.

I fixed the shove pictured above.  I removed three screws and shaved the old handle so it would fit back in the shovel.  I drove in some screws.  It is all fixed.

This is picture of the snow north of house four.  I watered the geraniums in house two.

I watered the above three trays.  A couple of days ago a cat walked through the trays.

Richard bought cooked chicken legs and Carol and I cooked the sliced potatoes.  This was our super.

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Visitors

Lisa brought this bouquet of roses and another interesting plant.

Richard bought this smoothie blender for Carol for her birthday.  It has a pair of small suction feet to keep it stable.  I cut a circle out of poster board.  It has to be moved to different places.  It is now easy to slide.  

This the bottom of 1206 tray shows a six pack growing roots.  I hope to transplant them into 3.5 inch square pot.  Right now I have thirty of them.

Robert and Jeanne and have been in St. George.  They stopped here for a short visit.  

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Carol's Birthday

 It is Carol's birthday today and I completely forgot about it until someone called.  Carol needed to pick up a prescription today.  We first stopped at the post office and picked up a package that came from Melissa.  We took it home and then went to Fillmore where we got the prescription at the drug store.  I filled the car with gas while Carol was at the Hospital getting a urine test.  We stopped at the grocery store and got a good supply of groceries.  We walked into the house and put the groceries away.  We opened the box that Melissa sent.  It was filled with presents.  Some for me and some for Carol.  Just then the back door opened and it was Lisa.   She brought a bunch of presents.  And some flowers with a dozen roses.  She found a vase and made a beautiful bouquet. 

I had Lisa take a couple of pictures with my phone.  Carol is look into one of the packages.  It is a little fuzzy.

This picture is quite clear.  Carol likes this one because it hid her face.  Lisa made a special trip to bring the presents and was her for about ten minutes and the went back hope to take Emi to a ball game.

Lisa brought a cake and some candles.   Carol put in eight candles.  One for each ten years since she was born.  She and Richard lit the candles. We sang happy birthday and she blew out the candles.

Elizabeth and Robert called.  Richard bought Carol a good smoothie maker

One of the geranium six packs that l looked at had three cells that had roots coming out the bottom.

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Richard Gone Again

Soon after I got up, Richard  was up.  He took his medication, went back to his room, and left to go hunting coyotes.  He was carrying a large backpack.  Carol was up a little later.  After breakfast we watched the swearing in the vice president and a few minutes later the swearing in president Joe Biden.  That lasted until ten.  Carol had an appointment with Dr. Grose at eleven.  We were there before our appointment time by over thirty minutes.  Carol told him the health issues that she has.

When we finished I asked Dr. Grose to take this picture.  We then went to the drug store to get a salve that might help her legs.  We then went home.

After lunch I planted a tray of beets, a tray of radishes, and a tray of chards.

I took the photo for a record of what I planted.

I went to the post office the second time to pick up a package that wouldn't fit in the box.  It was a bag of medication.  I am taking pictures everyday when there is a change in the construction.  I may have to go inside.

This is a photo of Quinten with the birthday presents that we gave him.  We were several days late.

I talked to Richard this evening.  He met a friend in St. George to hunt coyotes.  his car broke down.  He ended up in at a garage in Huntington, Utah.  All of the parts will be there in the morning.  He should be home by tomorrow  evening.

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Richard is Back

Richard called saying that he was about to leave St George in a shuttle, which is a small bus service from the south of this country to the north.  I left to pick him up in Meadow at  1:30 this afternoon.  I stopped at State Bank of Southern Utah to get my pass word fixed.  She was able to fix it.  I then bought some groceries at the Fillmore Market.  I drove to Meadow and parked behind the shuttle and walked through the store and Richard wasn't there. I started to park on the south side of the store.  Richard was sitting on a bench.  We then drove home.  I put fertilizer in the watering can watered the tomato seeds in house five and the geraniums in house two.  It is good to have Richard back.  He has been gone for nearly ten days.

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Sunday, & Monday

Sunday, 17 January

I been busy trying to work our modified smart TV.  Several month ago I bought an attachment for our TV.  I would watch a show and then it would ask for a pass word to continue.  I would switch to other channels and got it working again.  I also had trouble with the search option.  It seemed to work good, but kept asking for pass word.   As soon as I showered and dressed, I went to the TV to figure out how to get new channels.  I always go to You Tube, but couldn't find the search button. I finally figured it out.  

We had breakfast.  We listened to the church programs and music on the radio.  When it was time for church, I hooked up to ZOOM.  I made a good visual connections but no audio.  I gave the earphone to Carol and connected to ZOOM on my phone.  The speakers were clear and easy to hear, but part way through the services the audio was choppy and the video was jerky.  We finished off the morning by watching Tayler and Tyler the the You Tube channel.  I watched part of the Sunday school class on my lap top.  The video and audio were excellent. 

Monday, 18 January

This morning I again tried to figure out the TV.  I think that I got it figured.  I wrote down the names of some of the English comedy shows.  One was The Last Summer Wine.  We watched it just before lunch.  It is one of my favorites.  Keeping Up Appearances was not available.  We could watch a short preview, but would have to pay to watch the whole show.  The shows were an half hour long.  

This afternoon I started a sweet potato.   I put it in a plastic quart mayonnaise bottle.

I pushed three small nails into the potato near the top.  You can see two in the above photo. The third on is on the other side to keep potato straight up.  As I write this, I wonder if it would work on a regular potato.  If I remember, I will try it together.

Some sad news today.  Our good friend and neighbor. Raymond Stephenson passed away this morning.  He will be missed by Ann and his family and all that knew him.  I took them some brownies that Carl made this afternoon.

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Tomatoes and Peppers

I did the chores.  Feed the cats, water and throw the hens some chicken scratch.  I picked up the mail and spent some time with my lap top computer.  I decided to plant some tomatoes.  

I didn't have any labels.  I made a bunch of wooden labels.  They are six to eight inches long with one end cut at an angle for easy inserting into the cell.  I got some trays for planting.  I ended up planting four trays. Each tray had thirty-seven cells.  Some rows had eight cells and others had seven.

Above is planted tray full of soil and sticks stuck in the cell identifying what is planted in that row.

Here is an empty tray with 28 cells.

The tray is placed in the 1020 web tray to hold it steady.

This show a geranium root in the top left cell.

I put the four trays on a heating may and plugged it in to the power cord.  I couldn't fill any heat.  I  got my jigsaw to see if there was any power.  There was no power.  The switch box was above the receptacles.  They were all turned off.  I turned on the bottom one and the jigsaw started.  The fan at the back came on.  I followed the line back to a thermostat.  I turned it to 108 and that turned the fan off.  I watered each tray.  

Here is a screen shot of the seed list, the date, and number planted.  This is taken from my planting log on my lap top.

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