Less daylight than yesterday!

06/22/06, 5:11 am.
64º F, Bright clouds, WNW wind 5 mph.

Good morning,

This is the first thing we saw leaving the parking garage in Madison. This is looking from the west. The capitol building looked much better than the last time we saw it. Then there were road construction barricades around it and a lot of construction. This time there are only road signs indicating your can only go to the right, even though too often we needed to go to the left. I suspect the next time we are in Madison, the capitol building will be on our 2-SEE list. Will be interesting to see if the renovations have changed it any since the last time I was there. If I remember.

Yesterday we spent most of the time under severe storm warnings until 8:00 P.M. Nothing came from them, at least here. We did get some rain early in the day. I guess Oshkosh got some serious weather. As usual, most of the real weather misses us. It was rather humid and the air filled with Astrid’s favorite bird - mosquitoes. The afternoon did dry out enough for me to get outside and do a couple of things done though. I walked down the driveway clipping the brush encroaching and trying to snatch the van or people as they pass. Didn’t really do a good job as the mosquitoes really chased me back into the open again. Will have to revisit the problem again.

I now have a so called workbench in the outhouse! It is approximately 2'x 4' with one corner knocked off some. The additional corner on the top will make a good place to mount my chainsaw chain sharpener, allowing for additional clearance and it should be easier to sharpen the shorter chains. The bench top is mounted in a corner of the building and supported by a brace from the back wall on the open end. Should be easier for me to keep the floor cleaner. Under the narrow end is a good place for me to put the small two-drawer file cabinet I have and still be able to see what is in it. Now I have to get the "stuff" some organized in the building so I can actually use to floor space some and get at the next part of making the building more useful.

Margriet built a small pork roast for dinner last night. It was excellent. I found a recipe for cuscus with currents to go with it. When I "read" the recipe, really skimmed it, I didn’t realize that it was served cold and not hot as we normally have it. Margriet made it anyway and it really was good. More like a salad than a vegetable or the like. It is definitely a do again! The roast was one of the boneless "country ribs" we buy in big bag fulls for cheap. Really not ribs but end-cuts from processing. In the bag there are always several pieces bigger than the rest making a perfect sized roast for the two of us. We are able to eat the entire piece of meat and not have any leftovers. Margriet put her good pork rub on the meat and it didn’t take long for it to disappear! The cuscus too!

The next couple of days are supposed to be rain free and rather nice. It is warmer along the lake shore this morning than farther inland for a change. Suspect that will change before long though. Plan to be outside as much as possible today. If the mosquitoes allow it. The days are getting shorter now, so have to make the most of them. It won’t be long and the snow will start to fly again. Hooray!!

Time to get the day a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,


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