Monthly Archives: July 2014

Someone told Torben about this game, so he built one for the pups. Sammy didn’t understand it, but he seemed to enjoy it. He did get plenty of treats out of it at the end. Here is a video of … Continue reading →

We had a flash flood warning until 3 PM yesterday afternoon — there was a heavy rain somewhere in this area, and the storm was nearly stationary. That means some place really got pounded. One of the rain gauges in … Continue reading →

Yesterday Andy found and uncovered the last culvert and its stake. Needless to say, he made the stake taller so he could find the culvert more easily the next time it gets buried. And sooner or later there’s bound to … Continue reading →

Andy spent yesterday uncovering three more culverts — he found them by their stakes. He has one more to do tomorrow, and even the stake is buried for that one. He’ll have to poke around looking for it. Even though … Continue reading →

Beate wrote this morning that they had another 3/4 inch of rain, a fair share of it hail, last night. And it came down in ten minutes — between 11:30 and 11:40 PM. Argh! She said the road down to … Continue reading →

Kaitlin told us about the Jawbone UP when she was here. The bracelet records your activity and sleep, then the information can be downloaded and processed through a smartphone or iPad app. By tonight Andy will have tried it for … Continue reading →

There was a lot of excitement about the rain on the local news Sunday evening. Apparently so much came down in one place it left puddles all over town. It reminded us of a newscast years ago about flooding. It … Continue reading →

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. I’m having a chance to hone my skills again. Do you remember the incident with the insurance company sending us a check? We had thought the case was closed — both the … Continue reading →