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.

February 11 Snow was predicted for Sunday and so it passed that I spent the day holed up in my comfy little house reading, listening to music and watching the snow come down. Saturday was damp and dismal so I spent the day inside as well, but I was grateful Friday was suitable for outdoor activities and Abigail and I got a good start on cleaning up the southeast tree line. Wednesday we were able to do a little trimming and load up the proceeds plus previous collections and make a brush site run, which we were glad to do because it wasn’t a very pleasant day. In fact, it started to rain just as we were dumping our load. Gosh, had to run the windshield wipers driving home. We only had Wednesday and Friday to work on account of our trip down southeast so we eschewed the Bluff and worked on SA.