April Showers

Greetings and salutations from the land of the April (and nearly year round) showers. The snows have been staying over the 500 ft elevation so maybe it is spring. Lots of Robins migrating through, the Skunk Cabbage is in full bloom but that pesky sapsucker must have found a better sounding board to attract a mate as the house has been quiet.

Flew to Juneau again on Sunrise Aviation in their 5 seat Beechcraft and forgot to take my camera. It was just as well since we were flying through snow and clouds most of the way and when there was a view the light level was so low that it wouldn't have taken very well moving at over 100 mph. The flight was uneventful which makes a good flight. Great pilots to fly with and a sterling record for safety. Finished the electrical on the little house and will call for the final inspection. Next for that project is to finish the ceilings, floors and walls then install the bathroom, kitchen and replace most the windows. I guess I have a ways to go. I thought I would have my yacht ready to go but my mechanic had the audacity to go and break his leg in such a way he may be laid up all summer. The repairs will have to wait or I will have to find another mechanic able to do the job. He was the best in town and the busiest.

Lynda is continuing with her craft starting another basket and another painting. I look forward to each new work of art and am blessed with having so much of it around the house to enjoy.

Amanda is planning a trip with a friend to Disneyland to celebrate the end of the busy tax season. She has had to put in long hours to complete the work before the deadline and was successful.

Cynthia finished another quarter at college making good grades again as usual and continues her success for the last quarter of the year. She got a job as a tutor for one of her classmates at his request so she gets paid to study for her classes. Not a bad position to have.

Seth graduates in a month. He was part of a small group at UAF that won a national mathematical modeling competition comparable to winning a national football championship. The last time UAF won was when one of his professors was in the competition. He plans on staying in Fairbanks working on a programming project this summer as he continues to hold out for a job programming for a game company.

Here's till next time I get inspired to communicate.