Be careful with what you wish for... last time it rained up there, you got floods!

Yeah... swinging a chicken is pretty difficult!

Well... the window didn't open...

Yeah... bed is the most important... firm mattress is more and more of a priority now that I'm getting older and my back really starts to feel the difference! And same, breakfast... is often overpriced,

Oh, sorry to hear that. Parkinson's in a younger person sounds like a bad surprise.... hope you are enjoying the early retirement and finding things to do.

Retired already? I didn't think that you were old enough for that yet? But yes, it is hard to shake the collecting bug!

Yeah, hoping they will stay down a bit for a bit longer as well. I have a couple more trips to the big cities, and I need to spend my per diems on something nice!

Well... if I knew I was getting that much grass in the face... I have a friend who uses a scythe, it seems really quite cool! I'm not sure it wold work for us... too many levels and rocks to smash the

Oh, is it crazy dry up there already? Good luck with the summer, it is promising to be a hot and dry one...

Pleasure, hope some of it comes in useful!

That is a great quote!!! I have to remember that for my students as well! Most of the larger tours, the older ones (like me...) tend to retreat to our own activities... the younger ones want to hang out

Yes, it is quite fortunate that I'm able to do these trips with my wife!

Yes, it is quite cheerful... and the bees are out and about, so that is also a good thing! Lots of work to be done though...

Yep... spring is coming, and we are racing a bit to stay ahead of it. Summer might be a really bad one this time... hopefully no fires, but it is predicted to be hot and dry.

But look at those cute little yellow fluffballs! It is almost worth getting razor spiked every few months!

Oh it can be... thankfully, both my wife and I are quite forgiving to each other about money. In fact, we are both often quite reluctant to spend... and the other person is the one who ends up encouraging

Haha... there are always things that come up...

Hmmm... I don't know if that is better or worse, at least they aren't tryin to spend from the same pool of money! But yes, there can't ever be enough equipment!

I've been writing about them on Travelfeed... so, there is a little footprint of places, but I'm waaayyyy behind on that backlog of posting.

Thanks... I need to not put them off... Sadly, no accountant in the family...