Monthly Archives: August 2017

According to this article, Job seekers urge Trump to hire American at Mar-a-Lago, Trump doesn’t practice what he preaches. What a surprise! August 11, 2017  

The New York Times article Trump’s Threat of War With North Korea May Sound Scarier Than It Is says we shouldn’t panic about Trump’s tweet that if North Korea makes any more threats against the United States, it “will be … Continue reading →

This is Tempi sleeping on her bed at Torben’s parents’ place. She has outgrown it physically, but when we jokingly offered to buy her a bigger one, Kaitlin wrote, She loves that bed. As small as it is… she drags … Continue reading →

If Andy wanted to plant a new redwood where the old one was, he would have to cut down a lot of aspens and bushes. August 8, 2017  

Last Thursday we showed these pictures of a tree across from the shed that was struck by lightning. As I was organizing pictures I found this one showing what it looked like last winter. It did lose a lot, didn’t … Continue reading →

August 6, 2017  

Yesterday I wrote that Andy likes to read the Area Forecast Discussion at the national weather site. The problem is it seemed to be stuck on July 31, so I wrote to them: Have you given up on updating the … Continue reading →

Andy looks at the weather every night, both on TV and the national weather site that discusses what is going on. They recognize they can’t always predict so they also give enough information for people to come to their own … Continue reading →

Our internet was out early this week because there was no power in the room. Andy reset the circuit breaker and figured it had tripped because of a nearby lightning strike. He was right. Notice the skinny, branchless tree across … Continue reading →

Beate sent me their pictures of the walk last Sunday: Thank you, Beate and Tim! August 2, 2017