Saturday, March 8, 2008

Where did spring go?

Hello from Texas. It has been cool to cold here--even had some snow flakes the other morning. The weather has cooperated with our work schedule--rains late in the afternoon or at night. The rains haven't been too heavy so my road hasn't washed away.

I did have to make a trip to the eye doctor to have a piece of metal dust removed from my eye. I thought it must huge but when the dr showed it to me it was tiny. He gave me some drops to use for three days. Today the eye feels fine. I was using either a face shield but one of the other fellows finished one cut and the wind blew the dust back into my face--guess I must have raised the face shield when I was done cutting.

C and I went to Conroe TX yesterday--shopping and out to eat. Today we went for a couple of walks and I built a platform bird feeder. We have cardinals plus other birds--also several squirrels--both gray and fox. It is a challenge to keep the squirrels out of the bird feeders. We had a flock of finches fly through before I got the thistle seed feeder up--now I haven't seen any since I got the feeder up--don't know where they went.

C has been working on her quilts and knitting projects. Several of the ladies are interested in new craft projects.

C did some deep cleaning in the motel rooms but the dust and chemical got to her asthma. So she has been working in the laundry--folding sheets and towels. The laundry has huge commercial machines. I have been working on the metal cutting and installing metal flashing.

Tomorrow we will go to another church--this time its Calvary Baptist.

I like to go out to eat at the Country Buffet because it has good catfish--now I know I have been in the south too long.

Miss you all--see you soon. nlsower

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sorry to hear about your eye. That can be so painful! Hope it gets better soon.
We will finally begin to have warmer weather here tomorrow. Good luck with the squirrels. Many are smarter than man from my experience but entertaining to watch.
When do you return? Looking forward to seeing you. A has a short story to show you.

Anonymous said...

Hope the weather is improving for you and your eye returned to normal. We are just beginning to see the beginnings of Spring but still snow left on the ground.
The places you visit must be so grateful for your work. The seasons ended today for basketball. We had a fun team (and great coach :) ). We'll look forward to seeing your photos and hearing your stories when you reutrn. We head out in search of warmer weather next week.
Have a good week.