13 April …
Today would have been my Mama’s birthday anniversary … the 108th.
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The new range is in place and being used.
It is taking some getting used to … the knobs on the front turn on different burners than the old range, i.e. back instead of front. Getting it in place led to reviewing storage which resulted in cleaning and setting aside stuff to go to the New-2-You store. A good thing.
The stovetop oven fits on this range nicely … better than it did on the old one.
The electronics will take some getting-used-to.
First out of the oven was a batch of cookies. Today I try a strawberry cake.
Onward …
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While we were in Medford last wednesday, we went to the new In-N-Out Burger place at the Rogue Valley Mall. Our Michael had been a fan of the one in Redding and we’d heard good things from other young relatives and friends.
However … we weren’t impressed. Not that the food was bad. Maybe our expectations were too high. It was good food for the price and the service was very good. It’s just that I had my mouth set for a BJB (big, juicy burger) and didn’t get it.
We do the BJB thing very seldom and want BIG and JUICY when we do.
As for In-N-Out … been there … done that.
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The cherry tree is blooming.
The plum tree is in boisterous bloom.
The birch catkins are rampant.
The maple is red-red-red.
Manzanita is in full flower.
But still no iris blooms and no sign of catalpa.
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Record highs have been the norm in Medford. Weather has been warm all over the area. We’re getting close to outdoor time.
We did have an interesting event very early (0233) saturday morning … a flash of lightning bright enough to light up the entire bedroom and wake both of us from sound sleep followed by a stupendous roll of thunder, which rattled windows, and a quick DOWNPOUR which lasted less than five minutes. Then it was all over and we could see stars again.
Weather here is never dull.
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We went to Yreka yesterday for the first of George’s three blood draws for this year. His semi-annual physical exam will be the 27th.
The Family Nurse Practitioner who had been his primary care provider for the last couple of years has moved on and George is back to the MD who had been our primary doc for several years. Seems VA consolidated and the doc who backed up the FNPs is now the caregiver. Works fine for George, but I have to find a new caregiver since mine is now the VA doc and has given up his private practice.
Oh well …
It had been raining when we left in the morning. The rain was done by the time we headed home, but the Mountain was still hiding.
With all the rain, the reservoir is fuller that it has been in quite some time … and the geese are loving it.
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The front view is looking more like planting weather this morning …
and one of the panthers was playing “You can’t see me.”
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Advice for this week …
“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” … Kurt Vonnegut,
So … ’til next week …