The things I do!

I am in the process of building a new trike. It is a recumbent tricycle and if I am successful it should look similar to the one at the left. That one actually belongs to someone else. I am making progress for a change and actually completed the two rear wheels this week. Perhaps I will be able to finish by early summer. There is still a lot of welding and metal cutting to do and that moves pretty slowly sometimes. I still have a few parts to order. I have another tricycle but it is a tadpole style with two wheels in front and one in back. This one is the opposite and is called a delta style. I will try to post some pictures of my progress later in the week.

Another project that is on tap right now is our garden. I haven't been in a hurry because we still have frost almost every morning and we spend far too much time trying to protect the tender young plants if we plant too early. We plan for tomatos, peppers, corn, green beans, radishes, watermelon, squash, and whatever else shows up. We had a garden last year and we really enjoyed eating the produce from it. This years will be a little bigger but I have to figure a way to get it watered automatically. I moved it farther away from the faucet so it is a little more of a problem. Martha has thinned her Canna Lilies down to about 12 plants from maybe 150 that were there. They multiply like wildfire. As soon as we have blooms I will post a picture.

The last topic is the guitar. I have set my mind to learn how to play this instrument correctly. This involves the fingers on each hand working independently and on command, which they are not willing to do. In addition they must form into un-natural patterns while holding down the strings on the frets. Meanwhile the other hand is picking the wrong notes. I would like to see (I expect) results faster than they come and practice is not the fun part. But practice I must and so that occupies an hour or so each day. Progress will be slow, but I am determined so from time to time I will update the blog with my progress.

Spring Break trip

We went to the creek as planned but as usual our list of projects was delayed by more important stuff. The pipes are all exposed under the house and over the winter we have had several periods of sub freezing temperatures. Some of them lasted days and they did a number on the pipes. All the hot water pipes were damaged and had to be replaced, at least the joints where the pipes joined. This was a project planned for much later but when necessity calls we must answer. We spent almost 3 days on this and had to make several trips to the store. Some of the breaks were behind a wall so we had to remove paneling to get to it. We did finally get to finish the new bathroom and install a couple of light fixtures. The first few days were very cool and foggy. One day the fog lasted all day and another it came and went with short periods of sun. I had wanted to fish some but didn't ever get to it. I will go again in May by myself and may get some fishing in on that trip. I have several one person projects that I can work on and hopefully no surprises await me. I have posted a few pictures on Picasa Web and the link to the right will get you there. The pictures are in the Creek pictures 2010 album.

This and That

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalms 118:24
 
Well I have now had 3 commenters on this blog and I am sure that is some sort of record. We did get home safely from the trip to the basketball tournament and we did stop and visit the grand grandkids for a couple of hours. They are a lot of fun to visit and we should go more often, I don't really know why we don't. The rest of the week has been routine except that Martha had jury duty. She survived that ordeal and now is ready for spring break. So why do we need spring break? Is it for the students or is it for the faculty and staff? I think it is the latter. They need the break to preserve their sanity... We never had spring break when I was growing up and we survived just fine, well mostly.

We are going to the creek to work on our house and see if we can get some more projects done. This is a 6 year + project and I am sure that by the time we finish we will need to start over. That being our plan, I will not post anything for the next week. We have no internet there and barely have cell phone service. The cell phone I have now is not nearly as sophisticated as the ones I had at the university so I will not be able to get email, or post to the blog. I am sure life will go on and we will all do fine. What did we do before email and cell phones?

The verse at the beginning of this post is / was today's "Verse of the day". I have a program that I wrote that displays a different verse each day. It is amazing how appropriate they are for the day in which they appear. So today I must rejoice. God is still good and He answers prayer. Today I have received news of 2 different people who had prayers answered in significant ways. So as you go through the coming week, spend time with Him, rejoicing and thanking Him for everything.

See you after spring break,