It was a busy day for the both of us, and we had to go to town in separate cars to get it all done. I had a flood recovery meeting where the county staff summarized their accomplishments and plans for the county commissioners. The public is welcome to go to these these meetings to observe, but not speak, and most of the county people act like we are invisible, which is fine. How many times have we wished we could be a fly on the wall in this sort of meeting, so that's what it was, and I enjoyed it. I was the only member of the

There is an old map of the county in lobby, and bless their hearts, the two ladies behind the desk found a magnifying glass so I could read the parcel owner names back in 1940. I found out some interesting things in the course of the meeting, and it was worth going to.

Mr. Troutbend had an appointment with his doctor, then lab work, Home Depot for motion sensor security lights, and Sam's Club for groceries and lawn mower gas.

Then, I needed freezer jars - like canning jars, but they have straight sides so you can partially thaw the contents and pour them out. They are for freezing tart pie cherries. One of the produce stands in town orders the cherries from Michigan. I got a 27 pound bucket of them, already pitted. We can buy them with pits, but I don't know why anyone would want to.

I went to pick up our taxes, but I got there at 12:07, and they were closed for lunch hour. I didn't want to wait around until 1:00, so will go back tomorrow because I have another meeting in town.

It was good to get home. We divided the cherries into jars for the freezer, and I made a big pie with some of them.

Tomorrow it's back to town for two meetings for the river coalition. The morning meeting is the interagency where we meet with the highway department, county, forest service, county, and others who show up. The afternoon meeting is the steering committee of our coalition, and many of the same people show up for that, and we talk about nearly the same topics. It may be redundant, but it's not a waste of time.

Wednesday I'll tune into a webinar about forest conservation. The US Department of Agriculture is promoting conservation easements to keep development from overtaking our forests. The best thing about webinars is I can stay home to participate.