9/24. Tom has finished the ditch for power lines to the carriage barn and Charlie has two sides up, so work is progressing.   

Tom is confused over the distribution of rocks in the soil.  Many are quite large and others  not so much.

Today is Sunday, September 25.  The exciting news today is that Beth saw a Barred Owl in our woods.  this is exciting and just adds more animal sightings in our 100 acre woods.  

Barn Day 1

Today is September 21, 2016 and work has begun on the carriage barn.  Bob  Runes is here working with Charlie. so far, they seem to be measuring things on the concert pad.  Nothing noteworthy to take photos of so far.
On the wood stove project, Murray oil came yesterday and took out the two gas fire logs.  that project will have to wait on the stove people.
Charlie has many irons in the fire, but seems to be happy seeing things progress.  tom is only a bystander as his energy level is very low right  now, probably because he is in AFIB more.

Today is September 12, 2016 and I am writing about our adventures at the Beaver pond.  Tom and I hop on the 4 wheeler or the Komasaki Mule and ride to the river around dusk.  It is nearly a mile to walk, so we ride.
Settling ourselves in our nice, comfy adirondack chairs, we get our cameras ready to capture any activity.  It is peaceful and serene at our spot.  There is a slight trickle of water going through the tiny logs in the dam that the beavers have so carefully made.  The sunlight dwindles and reflections from the trees fill the pond.
Suddenly one of us spots a beaver swimming and alerts the other.  Tom on his Kindle and I on my tablet might miss the fun.  We gasp in amazement as the skillful swimmers cover lots of water pretty fast.  We are delighted with the sight and can't wait for another day to make our way down to this idyllic spot.  What a treasure we have in our woods. We have lots of animals and are very careful not to frighten any of them when we traverse the many paths in the woods.  Tom and I created may trails when we first moved here some 16 years ago and had such fun making them.  Now we are unable to make new ones, but are happy to travel on the old paths.  I would say that those early years were filled with activity, which we can no longer do, but instead of being sad that we can no longer do,  we revel in what we can still manage.
Having Beth and her Charlie here makes life so much easier for us and they are now taking care of the trails for us.  It is a happy community and like the Beavers working together in their community, we work together in ours.  It is a happy life.

Heaven's perfection daylily  July 15,2016
First bloom from seeds 2013.
It has a study stem about 15 inches high with 10 buds on branching.
The flower is 5 1/2 inches across with petals being 2 3/4 inches across with 1 1/2 inch petals.
The flower is open faced with faint yellow green throat and rich pollen.  The petals are ribbed with deep gold ruffling.  IT is a pale yellow with hint of pink and diamond dusting.  

EYES
My cataract surgery in both eyes is now behind me.  I see great to drive and walk without any glasses, but need a 175 dollar store reader  for computer and piano work.
I am very glad that ordeal is over.  Tom is great with giving me my endless drops.  The right eye now is winding down and will be over when the drops are gone.  My left eye is still on three drops three times a day.

I thankfully can play piano as well as I ever have in my older years.  I don't make many mistakes and manage to get through well enough to play at the Congo church for the full service and only do offertory at my church.  I usually play one song with the congregation. The Praise team uses tapes and sometime I play organ along with the tapes.  That is fun.

The parsonage is nearly complete.  At least Pastor Chris, Heidi and Hannah are in residence.  There was much to be done to renovate the house, but the church got it cheap enough so there was money left for the fixing it up.

The big news today is the weather.  The winds gust over 10 MPH and the 40 degree temp makes walking Mara an unpleasant chore.  BUT the sun is shining.

New life adventure

I am experiencing a new phase of my life at the moment, cataracts in my eyes.  Of course, playing the piano is my favorite hobby and it is actually more than a hobby, it is life to me.  I started lessons in a group in our country school and practiced on a toy piano for years.  When I was14, my mom and grandmom managed to get  a piano for Christmas, my best gift ever.  It was an upright and now sadly, I have forgotten the name.  Lighting was poor on the farm and I struggled with lamplight to practice.  My lessons were paid for by fresh cream and butter from the farm.  My teachers were task masters and I excelled.  Went to college on music scholarship, but lagged in practice due to pressure of other classes. I never was really smart, but just got by.  Didn't deserve the good grades at all and though I got honor roll most of the time, I don't think it was really earned.  Now as I am older, I see how I really needed more structure in my education.  I have messed up badly, but am trying to make the best of the time I have left.  I pray my eyes will get fixed and I can continue to play my piano.  Tom still calls me, "the girl at the piano", because the first time he saw me was at the piano in church.
Needless to say, I am really concerned about this new phase in my life.