Here it is ... the middle of May.  Only 5 more days of Seminary !!!!

Manny is going to be 62 in a few more days.
He is already retired ... sorta, maybe ...
Still has a hand in the Lions Club, the Asian-American Club, and who knows what else ...
Not sure if he is ready to apply for Social Security or not.
He is thrilled to be a grandpa.

 My friend Steve turns 62 on the 24th.
However, due to boys going on missions, I don't think he can retire just yet.

Hang in there Steve!  :-)

Shorta Sleep

I'm very sleep depraved this morning.
After watching the Alabama vs. LSU football game with my neighbor ...
then going to Walmart to buy donut holes for  the kids this morning ...
then getting up at 4:50 a.m. to go to Seminary ...

I can envision a 7 or 8 p.m. bedtime tonight.  sigh.

Daytime Views

 

There it lays ... still thru today

 

All those big roots tore off and it just fell over. 

No big winds.

 

Good thing it fell away from Jess's trailer

These are some daytime views of the tree ...
after the landlord trimmed off the branches blocking the driveways.
We walk past it many times a day going to and from the shop,
as well as walking the little dogs.

The Sound of CRASH in the Dark

I was sitting in my room reading and heard a crashing sound outside.  Shortly thereafter, I took the little dogs for a walk and found the source of the sound ...

That's Mimosa tree laying across the driveway ...

Fortunately it fell AWAY from Jess's trailer.

I called the landlord and told him he had something to clean up when he gets home.  A proverbial "ox in the mire" ...

Brisk Morning

It's kind of a brisk morning outside.  Which is why I am hiding inside with the computer ...
I probably should put up some fotos ... at least some of the more recent ones.

Front yard with wild cherry tree

creek with the sun shining towards the camera

oak trunk #2 cut down with manual hand saw

main trunk too heavy to drag ... just left it there

all the branches hacked off the oak trunk

will cherry showing two spots where I cut off branches

wild cherry - also cut a big branch off the left side

the grape vines and squirrels were getting up in it.