Spring finally!

Here are pictures of the new roof in the daylight. It is less 'red' than the barn shingles, but looks very good. Watch out for stray nails and small pieces of wood debris around the yard. The roofers did a great job picking most of it up, but there are still roofing nails here and there.

 I can never remember the name of this shrub, but it is in beautiful flower right now!

 Can you see the feathery green on the trees in the background and the flowering quince and crab apple tree in bloom? Rene hasn't been able to come down to cut up the Maple, it seems to rain when he's available. One of these times, I'll wander around the yard and pick up all the small dead branches from the winter. The yard already needs mowing, but for now, the violets are creating a colorful purple and white carpet.

The Comcast man met me and installed phone, new internet modem/router, and hooked up the cable with new TV remote. I took notes which I left near the TV. The main difference with the PHONE is that if you unplug or turn off the power strips for the TV/Internet, you'll also be turning off the Phone.

While I was waiting for him to arrive, I swept the cobwebs from the ceiling of the kitchen - there were a LOT. I cleaned up the myriad mouse droppings on the kitchen counters. And I swept the kitchen floor, all the pounding of nails on the roof created a layer of dirty dust on the floors. It didn't seem to be as bad on the floors in the upstairs main part of the house. I turned on the water and that seemed to work fine, no leaks. I turned it off again when I left.

I listened to the old phone messages. There was only one that wasn't a blank message or 'spam'. It was from one of the bridge contractors, Reed Perry, who was wondering about the status of the bridge. I have his number if you want it. He left the message on March 8. There were way too many calls saying things like "Hello Anna, this is xxx, please call me back, I have information on thousands of dollars in your name." I am concerned and sad that they have found this phone number.

And lastly, there are still 2 goldfish swimming merrily around in the pond. Lots of tiny bugs flying around just off the surface, and 2 BIG frogs already. Spring has definitely Sprung.