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No, I don't have some fascinating wildlife photos to show you. Yesterday I bought game cameras at Sam's Club. They sell them in two-packs for some reason. I hope to get a picture of the bear(s) visiting our house next door, but need to work out where to put the cameras. This summer's visits were via the front porch over there, so that'll be the primary focus. I wish I had Mr. Troutbend here to help figure it out. He's probably glad he's not here to do that - one more project.

Oh, that poor man, he worked like a dog this summer, and some of it was repairing screens after bear break-ins and attempted break-ins. Things kept breaking: the support bar on the futon in the guest cabin snapped off, and he had to build a new one using a 2 by 4 that he stained nicely to match the wooden frame. He did a good job, and we were lucky we didn't have company coming in the meantime. Another project was to make a privacy fence thing because he trimmed the branches off a cedar tree that was getting too near the house. And lots of gutter cleaning and raking up pine needles. Bless his heart.

I made a comment about how I wish I had new linoleum in that kitchen because the bear made some deep scratches in what's in there when he last raided that kitchen, and he said 'oh! no problem! I can install some new flooring next spring.' See? You all thought I had to nag and nag to get him started. I think he decided resistance is futile.

Now, he's back in Las Vegas doing what he wants to instead of being dictated to by projects around here.

Here's our riverbank by the dining room.



This is the first summer the columbines have re-bloomed.



Overall, it has been a good summer for wild flowers.


posted on Sept 1, 2018 12:56 PM ()

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I'll bet he enjoys the sight of the finished projects, hard as they are. Things you've shown in photos are always beautiful jobs. Are those columbine flowers?
comment by drmaus on Sept 2, 2018 9:15 AM ()
Maybe he enjoys the challenge. He has a lot of tools, some inherited, some he bought that he's finally getting some use out of.

Yes, those are columbines. They pop up in unexpected places around the yard from one year to the next, and ones that reliably bloomed in a certain spot for years suddenly disappear, but new ones show up somewhere else. They are various colors ranging from the expected blue to reds to yellows to pure white. For several years I had a nice one that was purple with yellow where the white part usually is, but it finally gave up the ghost, and I miss it.
reply by traveltales on Sept 3, 2018 5:13 AM ()
I am sure Gary felt well compensated for his handy man chores with your great cooking and the cool weather in the mountains. Now you can both get prepared for the holidays in Las Vegas. Tell him to get Shingrex.
comment by elderjane on Sept 2, 2018 8:14 AM ()
He finally went to a walk-in clinic and they confirmed he's got shingles, got some prescriptions. It's a really bad case of it - horrible rash all along the sciatic nerve, so it's from the small of his back, down to his knees, and everywhere in between on his left side. He sent me a picture of the rash, says he can't sleep due to the pain and discomfort, just blacks out for a few minutes at a time out due to exhaustion.

But he can still bowl - it's not the leg he needs to end his lane approach on, and he says walking around the neighborhood helps. That's been a joke around here for decades - he says he does whatever he can to spare his bowling arm and if he sees it's at risk of injury, he quickly substitutes the other arm.

For the past several years I've tried to talk him into getting the shingles vaccine, but his doctor told him it works about half the time (there's supposedly a newer more effective vaccine now), so he didn't. Anyone who's ever had shingles would know a 50/50 chance of prevention or less serious case is worth the gamble. Now maybe he'll listen to me, but I'm not counting on it.
reply by traveltales on Sept 3, 2018 5:32 AM ()
Hey that's what owning property means--work and projects to be done all the time!
comment by greatmartin on Sept 1, 2018 8:56 PM ()
It's worth it to not have nearby neighbors.
reply by traveltales on Sept 3, 2018 5:33 AM ()

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