Winter is upon us. Hard Freeze Warning; a dusting of snow…

Which means I had to go out and stop the pond pump that sits on the bottom, so water can start layering (warm water on the bottom, earth-warmth, 3 feet down from the to-be-frozen surface. I’ve sent for another heater, the floating sort, to keep the koi’s...

Milestone in rehab…

Jane and I got to figuring that neither one of us have walked much more than the length of the house or the circuit of the garden path since before last November. Except one foray when we visited Patty, and may have walked 2 city blocks, but were pretty done in. The...

Belated Birthday Cruise

The annual cruise on lake Coeur d’Alene came off last night. Ourselves, Scott and Andrea, Tim and Cheryl, Patty and Ann and Ann’s husband Richard all took the dinner cruise out onto the lake, and a very good time was had by all, celebrating Jane’s...