Richard is Back

 

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Beautiful Snow

As soon as I got up, dressed and fed the cats I turned on the TV.  There was no signal.  I walked through the snow to the east side of the house.  The satellite dish was covered with snow.  I used the long-handled broom and brushed off the snow. I couldn't get it completely clean; I went back to the house.  There was a clear signal.  The TV was on.   After breakfast we watched the morning TV shows.  Four men with shovels pushed off all of the snow on the driveway. 

The snow was wet and heavy.  The weight of the snow bent the pole bean trellis down.

Looking east from the front porch.

Another picture looking east from the driveway in front of house.  The truck is under the tree.  The weight of the snow has bent the branches down covering the truck.

Sixty-two degrees in green house five late this morning.

Two of the four men the pushed the snow off the driveway.

Picture the snow-covered shrubs.  The brick post on the left and the snow covered shrubs on the right.

The front driveway.  Power lines are covered with snow.

From the back porch looking south.  Some of my tracks are visible in the snow.

Looking to the north-west from the front porch.

Another picture looking east from the front porch.  Early this evening I walked around three blooks.  I woke up all of the dogs.  One followed me part way home growling most of the time.

Cold Wet Rainy Day

We had hoped to be at the Timpanogos temple this morning, but because of the rain and snow we decided that we would not go.  This morning, we watched the morning news and watched MeTV shows. I made a new batch of old fashion oatmeal mush.  

While I was writing this my phone rang.  It was a lady from Utah county.  She wanted information on growing native plants. I talked to her for about 15 minutes.  I went out to greenhouse five and turned up the thermostat. 

The above photo shows the temperature.

I turned off the thermostat this morning.  I turned it back this evening.  It looks like it is about 42 degrees.  There were three eggs this evening.  A little after seven tonight it looks like a couple of inches of snow on the front lawn.  Time:   8:50 pm - It is snowing pretty hard when I walked out to greenhouse five to see if the furnace had come on.  There was a cold breeze blowing snow in my face.   I didn't go in, but I could hear it running.   Direct TV dish was covered with snow, Our TV was still on.

Some Rain

I am writing some of the things that happened yesterday, today which is Thursday.  We did go for a ride around Holden which we do quite often in the afternoons.  I didn't take any pictures on Wednesday.  Carol took Alisha Bills to Fillmore to get some groceries.  I called the Utah state retirement office to get the 1099-R paper so I could finish filing my income taxes.  I was on the phone for quite a while.  I gave them the requested information.  She said that I should get the paper in a couple of days.

Cats

We watched the morning news and after breakfast we watched the morning TV shows.  CR Charlesworth came.  We got chocolate raisons and a large bag of frozen raspberries.  This evening, we watched President Trump and his address to congress.  He talked about all of the things that he has done and how wonderful he was.  We couldn't watch anymore, so we watched shows that were on You Tube.  After that we went to bed.  

I took this picture of President Trump that was on our TV.

A picture of congress.

I think that a cat is getting in to greenhouse five through small space in the west door.

There are two trays of geraniums.  The geranium seeds in the above tray are germinating.

Sweet Potato

Normal Monday morning.  Breakfast. three MeTV shows.  I turned on the water for house five.  After the TV shows we picked up the mail and the picked-up Elisha Bills.  I got a refund check from the natural gas company.  We went to State Bank of Southern Utah where I cashed the check, we then went to the Fillmore Market for some groceries.  it is quite cold today.   It even snowed enough to wet the road some.  

This afternoon I planted the stem end of four sweet potatoes.  I cut them off Saturday.  I gave them some time for the cut part to scab.  

I cleaned all of all of the old plant vines.  I made four small holes and buried them with the stem end up.  We baked the root part and ate them Sunday evening.

Richard and the Owl

When I got up this morning Richard was gone.  This not unusual for him.  It was a little after six when I got up and put a roast in the slow cooker.  We didn't have breakfast because it was fast Sunday.  I watched some news and then turned on the radio for Sunday morning program.  It was getting time for church.  Richard called and at the freeway exit there was an injured owl laying on the edge of the road.  He reported it to a highway trooper.  A state wildlife officer was called.  Richard waited there until the officer came.  Richard called us and told us what happened.  Carol told him that we would leave the back door unlocked.  We then went to church and attended the sacrament and Sunday school meetings.  The Sunday school meeting was nearly over when Richard came in.  We then went home to a good dinner.  Richrd soon went back to Heber.    We watched the Movie, Fiddler on the Roof."  

This image was found online.

Richard is Here

It was just getting light when I got up this morning.  Richard was gone as usual.  After breakfast Richard came back.  Carol and I fixed breakfast for him.  We had soup for lunch.  Richard came back.  While he was in Delta, he met some friends and had lunch with them.  Last night I made some adjustments to the timing clock.  The batteries were dead when I went out to the nursery.  I installed two ne batteries.  I then reprogramed the timer.  I watered some of the plants.  Water was spraying all of where the hose was connected to the hose bibb.  I got a new gasket and fixed it.