autumn

autumn
spearfish creek - south dakota

28 April 2008

california trip - losing track of time

well, it finally happened...i was thrown out of my room. pillows, etc., on the couch, chair on the bed, suitcases somewhere. really not that bad... i had to move so they could paint the downstairs bedroom/office. the walls were really scuffed.



spent the morning edging next to the ceiling which is always difficult because the ceiling is pebbly and the walls are pebbly. but the walls look really nice when they are painted.

i was able to spend some time on campus which is really nice. one of the trees has really weird twisted branches. you will notice that one of them is held up by a metal brace. one of the trees has so many branches coming out of the trunk, it looks like a giant stalk of broccoli.



















i visited with my son for a while at his place of work. lots of servers, of course. later i went to a lecture with my daughter. it was presented by a man who edits a magazine in lebanon. it was very revealing.

when we returned to my daughter's house we discovered that it had been invaded big time by spring ants. my son-in-law had gone off to the hardware store for ant traps. he had vacuumed up most of them. they had found the kitty food so the cat would not eat or drink the food. had to get new dishes and new food and water out. poor kitty.

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