16 May …
Julie (her grandfather was my cousin) arrived last Tuesday and was able to stay for three days. Mothers’ Day was coming and she needed to get home. We all enjoyed her visit (as well as the sausage and ham that came with her) and hope she can come again … maybe next spring.
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Also last week, Mark got called out on a fire over at the Seldom Seen Ranch in Shastina about 20 miles to the east of us. He was gone from about 1700 wednesday until almost 1000 thursday.
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After my note last week about the temperature and time on my stove, a cousin sent me the following …
The numbers on digital clocks are fascinating and you can have fun thinking about them:
What is the smallest number that can appear? 1:00
What is the largest number that can appear? 12:59
What is the smallest sequential number? 1:23
What is the largest sequential number? 12:34 also 6:54
What is 3:14? Time for pi
What is today? 5:16
What is the same forwards, backwards, upside down, and as a mirror image (on a digital clock, not per Times New Roman font)? 11:11
What do these times have in common … 1:01, 2:04, 3:09, 4:16, 5:25, 6:36, and 7:49? (Answer next week)
Had you heard that some schools are replacing all their analog clocks with digital ones because the students can’t read the old ones?
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Last Saturday Paul and I spent some time in the school garden. We weeded and transplanted and forked soil over and talked with the others there and brought home sunflower starts and a couple of carrots left from last year.
When we were done, we went to Burger King for lunch … just the two of us. Paul chose our table (a table for two near a window) and brought our tray over to the table without any help. Such a much.
Then we went grocery shopping and he kept me on track since I tend to be an impulse buyer … but we both forgot the kraut to go with the brats. Oh well …
All in all a good day.
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Also last Saturday, Mark and Kamille and several other members of the radio club spent the morning holding a testing session for amateur radio wannabes. Those testing were from the middle school class as practice for their final exam and possible certification as amateur radio operators.
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Overall it was a busy week. Monday I met with my grief support group, and Mark and Tyler did paneling in my room. Tuesday I helped with the produce distribution at Great Northern in Weed and brought home lettuce, tomatoes (sauce simmering as I type), cabbage, potatoes, broccoli, grapes, yogurt, and a toy for Paul . Today is my therapist appointment and the radio club meeting.
Too bad I don’t have anything to do.
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The shooting stars out in the meadow are doing their Spring thing (picture by John) as are the lilac and the dogwoods and the oak leaf buds … the pine trees are twitterpated (i.e. yellow dust all over) … and the weather has moved toward summer.
Did I tell you Mikayla’s cherry tree has come into bloom?
Not yet time to plant, but Paul has been playing outdoors a lot. That reminded me of my Grandmother Tyler saying that everyone needs to eat a peck of dirt before they die … and of this …
Have you ever noticed the relationship between children and the soil? Watch how happily they are touching the dirt. The children play in it and eat it. If you are stressed, go to a spot on the Earth, sit down, put your fingers in the dirt, dig in it. Wash your hands in the soil. When you touch it, notice what it does to your hands. Our bodies love to touch the Earth. Sometimes we get too busy and forget these simple things.
So … ‘til next week …