Week 12 - Oregon City - March 20 - March 26, 2023

Spring has sprung, for sure, because the daffodils are blooming all throughout the woods.  I went down into Sector 2 to take this photo - proof of spring!

In the process of taking the photo, I saw a whole bunch of little piles of limbs/debris/branches that I had collected last fall.  Dang it!@!  I thought I had burned everything.  So I spent most of the day on Wednesday burning it all.  

I discovered in Sector that one of the big snags had fallen over and had collapsed into a sodden pile - there is no firewood value there.  I'm going to leave it in place to become "new soil" in the woods and also perhaps a habitat for some animals.

Wednesday night, at Activity Day, the kids painted their clay creations.  It went quite well.  I'd asked them (and I was talking to the boys) to try to use more than just one color.  I think they did well. 

Here is Jude's banana.

Ruby's basket

Abby's bumblebee

all day Saturday we went to Tree School at Clackamas Community College.  It's an event that has bee on the books since 1991.  There were lots of people!  Dad took three classes.  They were 1-Chain saw management, 2-Coyotes, wild and free 3- Fruit Tree Pruning.  Mine were: 1-Wildlife habitat in your woods, 2- herbicides for woody plants, 3- herbicides for herbaceous plants 4- plant and tree identification.  All in all it was a good experience.  We both learn some new things..

Saturday evening was an adult ward activity - Karoke!!! and dinner.  It turned out pretty well.  The food was plentiful and delicious...Costco rotiserie chicken and sides.  The Karoke was...well...umm...lacking. Only four people did it.  Three men were just goof offs and then Ryan sort of did a sing along.

Brother Dinsdale went all out.   So did Sam DeBaltzo and Dan Bean.

Then Katharine Wilson stood up and sang a simple Primary song...I couldn't believe she did it.

I think it will be tetter next time if there is a simple sing along...of very familiar tunes...with the words and a bouncing ball illuminated on a screen.

My foot has been out of the boot for two weeks.  Feels pretty good..but not perfect.  I am doing all kings of stretching and strengthening exercises every day.

We celebrated Eric's 9th birthday on Sunday.  He loves sharks  - so shark cake!

And......yet another week passes.