Cooler With Light Rain

Thursday started a little cooler, overcast, with light rain. Consequently we spent the morning working on the computer: I wrote for a while, handled MMS emails and checked the proof of the next GroundCrew newsletter. Karen working on hangar time logs, reworked the data base to make it easier to mine data, and worked up some hourly totals requested by MMS' Director of Maintenance.

Once the clouds passed and the sun rose above the pines, the grass dried out. With the grass dry, I was able to fulfill one of our house-sitting responsibilities which was to mow the yard as needed.

Here I am on the Husqvarna. Don't I look like a professional landscape artist?

Here I am in the visual context of the back yard.

We ran some errands in the afternoon and ended up at the Grass Valley Farmer's Market for the evening. It's a street fair with food, arts & crafts, local produce, and live entertainment. It was fun to be in the cultural mix again. If you wonder where all the hippies went...stop by Grass Valley for a visit. It's surprising they don't run "Hippie Country Tours" in Nevada County, CA like they run "Amish Country Tours" in Holmes County, OH.

Downtown Grass Valley

Lazy Dog Ice Cream & Karen

All natural, whole-wheat, veggie crepe: Karen

Polish Dog: Keith

One of the music venues

 The band played Celtic Rock

We finished the evening at home getting in another round of our Cribbage Marathon before calling it lights-out. Right now Karen and I are tied at one win each. We hope to play at least one round a day!