Update

It has been ages since I've written anything but that isn't because nothing is happening...quite the opposite.

For instance, last Wednesday we had sustained winds here of 25-35 mph with gusts upwards to 65mph.  ALL DAY LONG!  Needless to say, repairs were needed after the wind subsided.  The window blew completely off the greenhouse.  Fortunately, we found it and the window itself was relatively undamaged except for one piece of redwood.  You gotta love the polycarbonate!  Survived last summer's baseball sized hail and now the wind.  The pitch of the greenhouse roof makes reinstalling the window a major challenge.  Therefor, we now have the window back on the greenhouse, but it is no longer functional.  There is still another window in the top and windows in each end so that shouldn't be a problem.

The front of the chicken house also had to be resecured an the roof on the barn had to be nailed down again.  I still haven't figured out how to repair the missing soffit from the front of the house.

It could have been worse.  Several people had windows blown out of cars, a couple of plate glass windows in storefronts downtown bit the dust (no injuries, fortunately), and at least 4 farmers will be totally replacing the roofs on their pole barns.  A couple of the roofs landed over 100 yards from the building they were previously attached to.  There was no tornado associated with the damages...just high winds.  They didn't even classify them as straight-line winds.  Several trees failed to understand the difference and crashed to the ground anyway.

We've also been planting, digging, moving dirt and enjoying the bounty of colors springtime has presented us. The rhubarb is looking good and I've dug horseradish and put it in the fridge.  I'm nearly done peeling and drying garlic for the year.  Phew!

I shall endeaver to be more judicious in my writing and not keep you waiting so long for the next update.