It had to happen

It has been a rainy weekend up here and we have focused on a number of inside projects. Marlys has been in the barn most of the day spraying pine to put on the bottom of the deck/balcony. It has been something we have talked about for a couple of years. Because of the patio's location we can readily see the underside of the deck. We are going to put 1.5" slats across the bottom to somewhat hide the deck joists.

We also finished up the valences to cover the sun shades. They really turned out nice. If we put shades on the upper windows in the great room, the thought is the valences will have clouds on it.

The curly maple came off the stair railing easier then I anticipated, Hopefully tomorrow I can get the paudek cut and milled to size and maybe attached. The it will be finished with a combination of BLO/Tung/Poly. The color will become more brown over time (vs. red/orange).

Even with everything going on Marlys decided we should take our walk up the hill after lunch because the sun came out for a little while. That did not last for long. As this thunderstorm moved in when we were about half up the road. The gust front was pretty cold.

There were a few new flowers out and using the field guide Joy and Tom had sent at Xmas we were able to figure them out. Of all the flower guides we have Marlys like this one the best because it sorts the flowers by color, which makes finding and identifying them a whole lot easier.

These first ones are Trailing Daisey's. They are white on top and the petals are pink underneath. The also can be a purple-ish color.

But the ones we saw the most of today were "Loco's". These are the locoweed of cowboy stories. They come in a number of colors and they due cause certain animals to behave strangely.

The first is a Rocky Mountain Loco and the second is a Loco also, but I can't remember the name and Marlys doesn't want to look it up again right now.

So back to the "It had to happen" story.

Yesterday afternoon while sitting outside and be serenaded by the wild turkey flock in the gully to the north of the house, we decided as is pretty common to hit the tube. And as is also pretty common we went in "Au natural". Listen we are out in the middle of no where with few to no people around and the house is set back in the trees, "so whats me worry".

That little green peak behind and above the pickup is the top of the house.

Who would be coming by at this time of the afternoon (4pm).

Now we have talked about what would we do if someone showed up and there have been a couple of false starts when a truck down on the road sounded like it may be heading up to the house.

Imagine our surprise when one of the folks drove up to the house in his ELECTRIC golf cart, with his 2 and 4 year old on board. His first words were "I hope you guys aren't naked".

To which we answered, "We are". So it became a "park by the garage and we will get dressed." The kids didn't know what was happening so after a few frantic minutes, Marlys made a couple of cosmos and we had a nice visit.