Friends, relatives, and countrymen---I have come here to bring you up-to-date on happenings at the farm and at D street in Corvallis. The chickens are really producing these days. We have thirteen chickens and get an average of six eggs a day. Four different colors. But, one hen pulled a fast one. It wasn't April Fools Day either. It was a tiny egg about the size pf a large marble. I thought at first that Ginger had laid the egg, and then I remembered that Ginger was a rooster.
The trees are in full bloom. The cherry tree, the pear tree, and the prune tree are in full bloom. I don't see how the the bees can keep from cross pollination, you know, like a pear tree that has a solid pit in it like the prune tree. Judi and I went across the creek to see if the plum trees are in bloom there. They are just starting. By the way, I refer to prune trees as trees that have a freestone pit, and a plum tree that has the opposite. Some people refer to pruness as dried plums!!!
Sandra, Sid is right to encourage you to reveal the details of the trauma you went through. I see my doctor this next Tuesday to get the final results of the tests I went through. None were painful, but I was sure cold when I reclined on the little table to go through the mri. I was supposed to lie still, but I couldn't help shiv ering.
The lawn is growing, the Forsithia is in bloom, we have Dandelions, yellow tulips, have you noticed how so many blossoms are yellow in the early Spring?
I am going to try to send this off without losing it, so good-by for now. Love, Bopcha
Sid thought I should write about my ear. How boring! But anyway, I think everything is okay with my ear. I am feeling a little dizzy and lightheaded. The pain has subsided but was incredibly painful on the day of surgery. I forgot how much it hurts to have your ear operated on. But I can tell you that Wednesday was a vivid reminder. They were giving me drips of morphine. Other than that day, the pain has been very tolerable.
I am personally becoming a big fan of Diana's jokes. I really enjoy her comments in response to the various blogs we put up. I don't know if anyone else is finding the sarcasm as funny as I am, but I sure do find Diana to be really funny.
I am sort of enjoying staying home for a few days without having to run around or go to work. I can't remember the last time I just sat around and did nothing, but finally I have an excuse to do it. I guess I will return to work next week.
I will write more later. KC, by the way your Germany assignment sounds great. I would say that is an ideal working arrangement - working for a few months out of the year. I wish you lots of luck with it.
I finally remembered to try to balance an egg during the exact moment of the spring equinox (6:07 PM MDT). Tom and I had tried and tried to get an egg to balance on its end to no avail. Then as the time approached, I began trying again. I kept trying as the time approached and then--suddenly it was as though the egg had developed a flat spot on its end. It balanced itself and stayed. I could almost feel it try to center itself. Really a peculiar feeling. I called Bopcha immediately, but I think the magic moment had passed. She failed in her attempt and I failed to get a second egg standing as well. My successful egg stayed standing all by itself for several hours. I think I may have brushed against the stand causing the egg to destabilize--otherwise it would be still be standing. So much fun. Bop and I are going to try again during the fall equinox (presuming we remember at the right moment.)
This is my second attempt. I wrote a long message earlier but managed to close the document without saving it. The message was long enough that if you were looking to avoid doing work or something else, it would have been a good "passing time activity" That was exactly what I was doing when I wrote the message earlier. When I am at work it is always so intense and I never take a break from it. Today, I am just in one of those unproductive moods. So I thought I would take a small break. We have inclement weather today and most University offices are closing - which is adding to my lazy mood.
I liked the wedding photo, it was sweet as it was so candid. Thanks for sending it along Kay. I also really like the photos that KC put up on the blog. They were so nice. You have such a record of having wonderful photos. My sister was just telling me, just the other day, that she really enjoys the photos you took of Nina and Alex during Sid's graduated. We framed them and they look great.
Bopcha, we were so glad to hear that your stress test revealed how healthy you really are. Of course, we all knew that. Even Nina, upon discovering, that you are just a few years younger than my grandmother, exclaimed, "but it doesn't look like there is anything wrong with Bopcha" as she compares you to my grandmother and her other grandmother (George's mother). She even asked why you do not walk with your "back hunched over," like her other grandmothers do. It probably does not sound so funny now, but it was very amusing at the time she said it. Children are so honest - wish adults could be as unafraid to tell the truth.
Diana, I liked your e-mail earlier, it was really funny actually. Diana asked me what I was trying to say when I posted a blog with no message???By the way, how are your eyes doing? You are so much of a non-complainer that it is easy to assume that everything is fine. I am sure you are relieved that the surgery is done and over with. Hope everything is feeling okay.
I will try to write some more this weekend. I really wish my first blog had not been accidently erased. It was much more lively and fun to read than this one. Right now I am just out of fuel, but I did want to say hello to everyone.
Have a great weekend and I'll be checking in soon.
KC, the pictures of the moon are beautiful. I think the moon must go almost straight down from where it is in the sky. Maybe it just DROPS!!! It willl take more observation from my junior astronomer. Keep up the good work, KC. Love, Bopcha
Hi Bopcha - I can't get my pictures into the blog for some reason. So, all I can tell you is that on 4 Mar I took a picture of the moon setting on the north side of Pike's Peak. Then this morning, 5 March I looked out at the window and that silly moon had jumped back over to the south side again!! So I took another picture, both from the same place on my kitchen balcony. Crazy moon. Love, KC
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Seattle University men’s basketball team will travel to Arcata, Calif., to participate in the West Regional of the 2007 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Tournament, to be hosted by Humboldt State University.
Seattle University, the sixth seed in the West Region, will face third seed Cal Poly Pomona in the first regional quarterfinal Friday, March 9, at noon at Humboldt State’s East Gym. This will be the first appearance for Seattle University in the NCAA Division II Tournament and the first national postseason appearance since the 1994 NAIA District I Playoffs.
If Seattle defeats Cal Poly Pomona, it will take on the winner of the game between second seed Cal State San Bernardino and seventh seed BYU-Hawaii on Saturday, March 10, at 5 p.m. A victory in that game will advance Seattle to the regional finals on Monday, March 12, at 7 p.m. against top seed Humboldt State, fourth seed Seattle Pacific, fifth seed Grand Canyon, or eighth seed Alaska Anchorage.
Seattle has a 4-1 record this season against the other teams in the West Region, sweeping the season series from Alaska Anchorage, splitting with Seattle Pacific, and defeating BYU-Hawaii on the road on Dec. 12. The Redhawks are 1-2 all-time against Cal Poly Pomona, defeating the Broncos 79-72 at last season’s Elgin Baylor Classic.
Seattle University enters the tournament with a 19-8 overall record, the most victories for the program since a 21-win season in 1984-85. The Redhawks won a share of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference title and earned the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by virtue of their 4-0 record against Alaska Anchorage and Central Washington.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Seattle University men’s basketball team will travel to Arcata, Calif., to participate in the West Regional of the 2007 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Tournament, to be hosted by Humboldt State University.
Seattle University, the sixth seed in the West Region, will face third seed Cal Poly Pomona in the first regional quarterfinal Friday, March 9, at noon at Humboldt State’s East Gym. This will be the first appearance for Seattle University in the NCAA Division II Tournament and the first national postseason appearance since the 1994 NAIA District I Playoffs.
If Seattle defeats Cal Poly Pomona, it will take on the winner of the game between second seed Cal State San Bernardino and seventh seed BYU-Hawaii on Saturday, March 10, at 5 p.m. A victory in that game will advance Seattle to the regional finals on Monday, March 12, at 7 p.m. against top seed Humboldt State, fourth seed Seattle Pacific, fifth seed Grand Canyon, or eighth seed Alaska Anchorage.
Seattle has a 4-1 record this season against the other teams in the West Region, sweeping the season series from Alaska Anchorage, splitting with Seattle Pacific, and defeating BYU-Hawaii on the road on Dec. 12. The Redhawks are 1-2 all-time against Cal Poly Pomona, defeating the Broncos 79-72 at last season’s Elgin Baylor Classic.
Seattle University enters the tournament with a 19-8 overall record, the most victories for the program since a 21-win season in 1984-85. The Redhawks won a share of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference title and earned the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by virtue of their 4-0 record against Alaska Anchorage and Central Washington.
Today I took an Angel Food Cake that Judi had baked to Aunt Martha. She was very pleased and we sang Happy Birthday together. She is well and proud of how much she walks each day and of the gifts she received . We talked over old times until it was time for me to leave. Also I went to the Doctor today and remembered this joke I saw on the wall:
A lady took a very dead parrot to the vet. He poked it and declared it dead. She protested his quick diagnosis, so he called in his black lab. The dog sniffed the parrot and walked away. Next he brought in his cat. The cat sniffed and also walked away. So the vet presented the lady with a bill for $l500. WHAT!? The lady said. You told me it would only be $20. The vet replied: The lab exam and the cat scan added on to my services make the total $1500!!!! Isn't that funny???? Bopcha
