So glad it’s Friday. I got a care package for Max and Becky today… Which is a great way to end the week. I just opened it with them by zoom. It was full of really cool stuff from Santa Fe… Call chocolate, a bunch of wicked hot ghost pepper hot sauce, a homemade laser cut steel plant stand and fresh roasted green peppers..
super thoughtful and nice way to start the weekend..
nite all, nite sam
-me
Busy day with few breaks… I did manage to put up the trampoline while on a couple of calls… Now that’s progress!
Had several meetings later this evening… We had a spring VASE grant meeting which was super fun.
It is quite a bit of work to get all the proposals and rank them…
But I love giving out money to Science teachers who need it 🙂
Later tonight we also had the fathers forever group of dads who have had children who have died.… I have to be emotionally up for these meetings… But I’m glad I went. It’s always an interesting mix of people who are new to the group… People who have recently suffered a loss are mixed in with many of us who have been there for more than a decade.… We always do I think a pretty good job of meeting people where they are. Tonight was the same kind of mix… But it’s a great fellowship. I know it sounds weird but it’s pretty fun talking to these guys. It’s a nice place to be able to talk about all of our families and how we’re doing
OK… That’s enough meetings for one day. more tomorrow
nite all, nite sam
-me
Diane and I managed to get out for a fast hike around the Safford preserve today during lunch. We got another true sign of spring. The first crocus’s (croci ? )
On the way home we decided to stop by and see Francesca and Veronique to say hello to their newborn baby duck. The duck was hatched last Friday and is the offspring of flippy and flappy… The two domesticated ducks that lived in the Huntington River until our friends Tim and Marie took them in for the winter.… They had one fertilized egg before flappy… The male (I think) ran off .. Luckily he’s come back and they have now six more eggs.
Francesca has named the new baby duck “Donald”… After the duck… Not the ex-president I suspect. He is so cute (again.. the duck, not the ex-[president)
It made me happy to see a new webbed foot neighbor !
nite all, nite sam
-me
Today’s the first day that I cannot see any snow from our yard…
It must be spring !
Happy Spring
nite all, nite sam
-me