Category: 2024

July 10 Our 4th of July was uneventful since we had celebrated Independence Day the Saturday prior. First Abigail then Rebecca came down with a bug so the SA crew was never at full strength the first week of the month. This week we were at full strength and have been hard at mowing, trimming and weeding. Most mornings we have been starting our day at 7 a.m. and weeding in the garden until about 8:45 but this morning we had a hard time finding any weeds, so we moved on to other things by 7:30. Certainly there are plenty of weeds elsewhere on the place to keep us busy. Abigail and Rebecca have the place about 3/4s mowed and I’m in no hurry to mow the pasture or meadow. We should get after the weeds and maybe get them under control.

June 30 June has faded into the twilight. It was a good month. We tallied 4,24 inches of rain, more than twice our June average over the last 16 years. The place greened up nicely for or 4th of July gathering. That event was well attended. Our annual trip to Red River went well. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.

This month I converted to a new web hosting service and, well, things aren’t quite working, mostly due to my ineptness I suppose. I thought everything was working and wrote the post as the month went along on my phone, but I’ve discovered that even though it told me it was saving the post, it wasn’t. Maybe I’ll add to this as time goes by but for now, we’ll just have to live with an abbreviated version. Under the circumstances, I will offer a refund to all who request one.

April 1 No April Fools We got .14 of an inch of rain last night. More is needed, certainly, but that’s a good start.

April 8 Eclipse Hooray! Eclipse Day! So excited. I have my eclipse glasses ready to go. Can’t wait.

In other news, Chris got fed up and retired. Says he liked his job and all but his boss gave him the fantods and he decided to walk just because he could. April 5 was his last day and we had a minor celebration during happy hour. He says he has been so busy at work lately that he’s built up a list of to-dos that will keep him busy for a while. After that, who knows. It will be interesting to see what mischief he gets into as time goes by.

March 16 Spring break is winding down. The Wylie women are preparing to depart for home with their customary calm and aplomb. Highlight of the week was trip to Palo Duro Canyon on Tuesday. The weather was good and we hiked to the Lighthouse. It has been a long time since I’ve hiked there and I don’t remember it being as long as it seemed this time. We stopped by the Bagel Place to load up on fodder on the way and got to the Lighthouse trail about 11:00. Not realizing how long the hike would take or that some members of the party had not eaten breakfast, I suggested we make the Lighthouse trek before lunch. When we got back around 3:00, people were ready for something to eat and drink. As we made the trip to PDC, I wondered where we would hike after the Lighthouse. No one was interested in hiking after lunch so we headed home.