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Okay! This is going to be fun. We're going to conduct an nature experiment.
This is our Chestmut Tree in the front yard. This is the Eastern Chestmut pictured above. We also have a Western Chestmut.
(Editor's Note: The Author realizes that it is a Chest NUT Tree but is too proud to admit a spelling mistake. Therefore, he will continue to refer to it wrongly.)
Susan and I were trying to figure out how many Horse Chestmuts one of those flowers will produce. I was thinking that each little flower bud will produce a chestmut pod, which contains two chestmuts.
Susan thinks the pod only produces one chestmut and is not sure how many pods will be produced by the flower.
So I have taken a picture of the lowest flower in the eastern chestmut tree.
I shall take progressive pictures of the same flower and watch what happens, recording our findings here and thereby, conducting an Scientific Experiment on the nature.
Prepare to get learned on. I only hope that Global Temperature Change will not mess up my findings with an over production of CO2, which is a gas scientifically proven to exist.
12:48 PM:
Today Susan is down at the Arena tending to the needs of those who have chosen to watch the big skating competition that has come to town.
The event is the Kose Team Challenge with three international teams competing. There is Team North America, Team Europe and Team Asia.
All the promotion for this thing would make one believe that it is a BIG deal event in the world of skating. The number of people in the seats tells a different story.
I am here at the estate doing my sanding in the bathroom. I did my mudding in my little area of responsibility. Susan will cover her area tomorrow.
Now I'm waiting for the mud to dry but that should really take until tomorrow.
So I think I shall venture over to the Hub and see what is going on for their 4th Anniversary Shindig. I'll check back later!
8:05 PM: I have returned from much fun, frivolity and progress on the work front. First of all, the Hub was fine. I left there and came home for a nap.
Then I went over to visit Mom and tried to figure out why her printer won't print. My conclusion is that she is trying to print from an iPad which is an Apple product, of which I am not a fan. They are supposed to be so simple and intuitive...and yet, they are not.
Then I went to church to help clean up after the day long Yard Sale. They had a good day and sold over a thousand dollars worth of crap. I got there at four and just got home now. I'm not complaining. There were folks who were there all day.
It's been a cloudy day where the rain has threatened, backed off, threatened again and then let loose.
I think I shall now sit back and relaxicate myself.
We made excellent progress this weekend in the bathroom. We are closer to installing a toilet...but not there yet.
We still need to finish mudding and sanding, which seems to take forever. Our good neighbor Lou stopped by Saturday morning for a brief mudding seminar. Susan was concerned about the amount of build up she had to do on one of my walls.
I concentrated on the shower area. I had been planning on tiling all the way to the ceiling in the shower but was informed by unnamed wives that that would look stupid and it was forbidden. Therefore, I had to do some major re-work to the corner and the walls in order to make them look good for painting...or wall papering.
Susan would prefer to wall paper, but cannot find a pattern she likes. It seems like the day of wall papering is coming to an end. There just simply is not a lot of choices out there. It is easier to create your own customized design but that is still very expensive.
Susan ran the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer race today in preparation for the Bloomsday. She was happy with her performance and is getting ready for the big race, which is two weeks away.
The only thing left to do today is finish our taxes. We've been holding out because we owe almost $900.00. That's because we made sooooooo much money painting. I guess that's a good problem to have.
We are happy and celebrating as we have completed a week and a half of sky walk decorating.
It is Spring in Spokane and we have been part of the effort to promote all the fun activities going on here in the Lilac City.
Susan painted the "Celebrate SPRING in Spokane" lettering and I painted the text for a bunch of events. I think I have already explained this.
Here are some pictures to 'splain it mo.
We finished the last of eight sky walks tonight.
That's another couple of grand in the Remodeling Account.
