Honoring Our Fallen Heroes

 Really bugs me when people say "Happy Memorial Day". It's NOT "happy". It's very solemn; There's nothing "happy" about it.

To our fallen I say Thank You for your ultimate sacrifice, and may God hold and keep you close. 

Cold, Wet, Gloomy Day...or two...

 

Been raining here for the last couple of days, and we've picked up over an inch of rain. Temps are expected to be "Below Freezing", so I'll have to go out and cover up the new plants SLW put in before she had to jet back to SoCal and see her bestie in hospice. 

It's getting very near the end for her, and SLW is there for her.  Prayers appreciate for the Reverend that married us.

And work proceeds on My Old Toyota. The headlight modification has been tested, and the headlight assemblies operate very smoothly, and go up and down much faster now.

 Yes, I have to repaint the front bumper. I didn't mask it off from the back to keep the various paints I used from drifting out the grill and setting on the bumper. I was planning on respraying it much later in the year anyway, so I'll just have to give that task a shove to the left on the schedule.

Keep them heads swiveling when outside, and be safe. 

Big Winter Storm Recap / Happy Mother's Day!

 Basically, we got zip, while other areas got 24~30". Estes Park, home of The Stanley Hotel received the high end, with some small pockets of 32~34" in Rocky Mountain National Park. What we got was maybe 3", but we did get 1.25" of glorious RAIN, raising our monthly total to 1.35".

Not much, but we'll take every drop, thank you. 

Our reservoirs are Low-to-Very Low, and the snowpack is one of the lowest ever recorded. And still, "They" want to build row after row of Townhouses, Condos, and apartments. New single family residences are being built shoulder-to-shoulder on microscopic parcels of land, and selling for outrageous prices.

GACK.....that's exactly what we fled from in SoCal. If it wasn't for the snow and different trees, some of these areas could pass for the San Fernando Valley.

ANYWHOOO..... 

 

Big Winter Storm.....

 It started raining last night, and we woke up to soaked streets and snow showers. It continued all day, going from small flakes to nice, big "Hallmark Card" size flakes, with rain in between. We wound up with maybe 2" of snow, and .8" of rain. As of 2000 hrs it's stopped, but the NWS is calling for 6~10", and it'll be all heavy, wet snow. If we get that much, it'll be easy to blow it with the Ariens.

I'll be in the basement shop dissecting my Engine Control Unit to Engine wiring harness. It has a bunch of brittle wires that have to be replaced, and NINE connectors to de-pin so I can put new shells on them.

Stay warm and dry, keep your head swiveling, and be safe!

May the Fourth Be With You....

 Not much going on, but we're getting some rain. Not enough to pick up on my rain gauge, but every little bit helps. We also have a 90% chance of snow on Wednesday, with overnight temps dropping down to 20*.

As of 1900, we received .02", which isn't much, but we'll take it.