Monthly Archives: September 2015

Andy, Orlando, and Larry used the backhoe yesterday to work on the road down from the fire station. First they removed an old culvert that was plugged up and was causing a bump in the road because the road had … Continue reading →

This email appeared in my mailbox yesterday morning: How to heal the American economy in one easy step. We just talked to the Federal Reserve Bank and they told us that, yes, the economy would be in permanent happy mode … Continue reading →

Have you ever known anyone who hated to ask directions? Is it even much of a problem nowadays with GPS devices and online maps that let us get directions for ourselves? September 8, 2015  

They worked on the road down from the fire station yesterday morning/early afternoon. No pictures of that, but Andy took two pictures as he drove up in the morning: They don’t know when the backhoe will be available, probably Tuesday … Continue reading →

They worked for about another ten hours yesterday. They dug out the drainage ditches that had been filled by mudslides along the side of the new driveway. And they smoothed the road. They also started an experiment on the old … Continue reading →

The jackhammer seemed to work. Andy says maybe we should have asked for the bobcat for only two days and the backhoe for two, but at least they managed to break up the rocks they wanted to. Andy says it … Continue reading →

Originally Orlando wasn’t going to work on the roads until next week, but there has been a change of plans. They brought the bobcat, front loader, and jackhammer up yesterday afternoon, so Andy will get up at 5 this morning … Continue reading →

We took eleven swatches up to the land yesterday afternoon, and we quickly pared them down to two colors: chestnut on the left in the pictures, tan on the right. The colors won’t be quite right in the pictures because … Continue reading →

We’re about to order a loveseat for Andy — the style should be something like the picture below. Our local store says they can deliver it, either when it comes (the best guess is sometime in November) or next spring, … Continue reading →

Human nature? For some people at least? September 1, 2015