It’s been several days since I’ve written. I’ve been very busy buying gemstones and making more jewelry for the upcoming months. In addition, several grandkids are involved in soccer and wrestling, so some attendance to view those activities is almost a requirement.

Two of the four kids involved in soccer are very busy on the fields and never seem to become winded. I’ll almost bet they are O’s, whereas the other two would just as soon have longer timeouts during the games. Think they might be A’s. Someday I might find out if my hunches are correct.

Our weather has been rainy for a couple days. That still beats the snowfall we received a few days ago. I just knew that winter had to get in at least one more day of snow. Next week the studded tires come of and summer tires come on. We’ll get a bit better gas mileage, too.

I saw a lot of pussy willows today and a robin last week. Those are very optimistic signs of spring and warmer weather. Almost all the snow has melted. The grizzlies are out and hungry. One of our area residents was mauled while jogging with his dog a couple days ago. He is expected to recover. Beluga whales were seen in the mouth of the river and we’ve seen seals and sea otters so the hooligan (smelt) must be starting the come into the river. Won’t be long and the salmon runs will begin.

We had a lovely dinner with rotisserie chicken, rice cooked in chicken broth, and green beans! My favorite appliance is my rotisserie. It gets quite a workout.

Till next time…