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Life in the Big Woods, up nort' - God's Northwoods which we call Guds Nordtre.

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Location: Crystal Falls, Michigan, United States

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Corduroy road?

March 14, 2007 (2:30pm)
43º F, Cloudy, NW wind 7 mph.

Good afternoon,

The mercury topped 60º F yesterday. In fact it was in the mid 60's! Not natural. The snow is disappearing at a very rapid rate to say the least. For the first time in 10 years, there is water flowing over the driveway, just around the corner from the split. Not just a trickle either - a real stream. I will need to check the spot before driving out. Afraid the water flow may also have washed out the gravel in the driveway. If I has, I probably will throw some logs into the space, to allow traffic and also a drain for any more water. We will have a real corduroy road! Haven’t built any since a number of years ago at deer camp. There is also a flood watch for the Kewaunee river. That too is a first in the 10 years here. The water at last report is about a 1½ feet over flood stage. So far the only areas of inhabitancy flooded is the campground to the west of here. We drove back that way yesterday and I commented that the water was higher than I had seen it before. The new bridge is high and dry, but the old one it replaced would be about a foot under water. It had a couple of inches of water flowing over it most springs, but not this much. Suspect there is an ice dam somewhere as the drop of the river is pretty fast until it gets near Lake Michigan. There are problems on other rivers south of here along the lake shore too.

One week from today, Brenda and Arnoud will be married. Then the fun begins? Would like to be there, but will be satisfied with watching them come and go from the city government building on via the web. It is something that has been worrisome for Margriet, and me too, for some time. Figured it would happen eventually. Margriet had a chance to call her on the phone last night. Guess they talked a long time and got everything that was needed to know known. That is until something else comes up. Brenda sure was excited to have "everything just so." Sounds like every other wedding I have been acquainted with. We wish them the best for sure and continued God’s blessings.

We did make it to Green Bay yesterday after Bible study. Seems some of the gals decided to not have any sweets for eats during the study during Lent. We were stuck with fruit and like that. Nothing for "real men" to eat, so were forced to eat some of it. Oh well, Easter is coming. We did pick up some German pumpernickel and Emmentaler Switz cheese for next week. At least we will have some real food to eat!

Bible study was pretty good yesterday. We were studying Acts 15 and has some reasonable discussion. It is a really good one for our congregation to be considering at the moment, as we are having a bit of strife within the church. I don’t think the all of the folks took it as seriously as they should, especially a couple of the leaders of the church present. It seems sometimes folks read/hear only the words they want to and not the real meanings.

Picked up some new winter shoes for Margriet. We have been keeping our eyes open for the kind that she likes for most of the winter. Her present ones are worn and old, so it was time, but we didn’t see anything. Went by a big shoe store yesterday so stopped in and found a pair for her on sale. Then they took another percentage off, so got a really good deal. The old ones will hit the fire pile for sure.

Also picked up an new smoke alarm and carbon-monoxide alarm. Both were 10 years old and it was time to replace them too. Much to my surprise, both snapped right into the old mounts, so I didn’t have to redo that. Easy! They even came with new batteries in the package. Took the wrong wiper blades along to replace them. Got my money back, then forgot to pick up new ones! Senior moment? At the moment there is none on the rear window. I took the arm off so the glass doesn’t get scratched. Easy to turn on with not thinking.

Time to get a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,


Chris <><

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