Monday February 25 - a Ho Hum Day

I was kind of tired from the weekend, so I thought I would ease into the day and stay home.

Darla and I were out early and the morning was lovely already.  It was going to be a nice spring day.  The temperature got to 18 degrees F today.  This morning I took Lu to school and then stopped by the MacDonald's for a coffee and the gents who meet there told me that the TV was going to be installed there soon.

I returned home and the huge oak-type tree across the street was getting trimmed.  There were a crew of eight men that were there for the half day.  Two of the them climbed the tree and trimmed branches.  The others ran the chipper and other gathered the branches.  There are three huge limbs that hang over the roof of the house in the back.  Tomorrow I will take a photo.  The crew did not take these down.  It was quite amazing to watch the two fellows winching themselves up and down and over and walking with their studded shoes on tiny branches.  One fellow was so nimble he was like an acrobat. So that was my amusement watching them this morning and having my coffee and breakfast and doing the laundry.  Nothing exciting.

Here is a photo of the tree after it was trimmed.  The tree fellows also did the smaller tree.  I am taking the photo from Cassi's place.  It is a huge tree.




In the afternoon I had to return an item I had bought last week.  It was not quite what I had in mind.  After that I went and ran some errands and was back home by 3 pm.  Cassi came home after her afternoon class and she went to get Lu today.  On good weather days and if she can, she likes to walk back from the Montessori with Lu.  They look at things and talk on the way.   I had picked up a puzzle today and we did that together and then it was time for supper.  I don't really know where the day went!  Gosh I go home in a week.  I heard winter is still there and has not left.  Not good.   I really don't want to go back to winter.....


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