30 March 2010

As expected, Delores just laughed (silently) in my face when I tried to start her this morning. A great start to a thoroughly cold and miserable rainy day. Bruce Baldwin, carpenter and house builder, came by for an interview and to take a preliminary look at our house plans and building site. An excellent, very promising conversation. Went down to the waterfront to retrieve sundry items stored in the dock shack over the winter. Tree stand / photo platform still standing! Ditto shed turnaround area retaining wall built last fall. Lake water temperature measured 44 degrees… though that may have been a high reading as I didn’t keep my hand submerged for very long. The dogs, OF COURSE, dove right in and thoroughly enjoyed paddling around. Goodro Lumber delivery early afternoon. Took the tarp off the Ford Ranger and discovered the right front tire was completely flat and the left front tire weren’t far behind. On a positive note, after reconnecting the battery, the truck started on the first turn of the key.