WORKING WILCOXS

This morning I walked two miles came back and wrote the minutes of the Administrative Council meeting at the church last night. Before I walked I got two simultaneous phone calls from my son and daughter. Never happened before. Mark called from Atlanta where he had a break in his Lockheed meeting and Kathy called to say she was on the road and would be in about 1. That gave me time to write the minutes. I finished them as they drove in the driveway and sent them out for review.

Kathy brought sandwichs from Subway and then they went to work. Keith trimmed trees around the pond and the peach trees. He couldn't get my Stihl chainsaw to start so didn't work on the trees that are down on the fence along the highway.

After my nap I planted my two cherry tomatoes and the blueberry bush. I was told Tuesday that blueberries won't grow here. They need acid and my caliche hill is very base. But I bought it so I planted it. Then Valerie and Vanessa helped me weed the Mexican sage bed to try to pull the weeds and bermuda grass out. Keith had his plastic golf balls and practised shots with Christopher and Brent with their clubs trying to hit a ball for everyone he hit. That was after they slid down the front slope on a cardboard box.

Kathy searched the house and found the rest of the slides of her wedding. She showed me the prints that she had made from the first set she found. It was nice to remember when I had hair and Mark had a full head of hair. I was having trouble remembering the names of some of the Aggie profs in the photos. It has been a while.

Tomorrow Kathy plans to take a trip to the Abilene Zoo and the weather should be good.

Tuesday in the mist and rain, two turkeys came through the yard. Today when I walked I realized that the swallows show up on St. Patrick's Day but I didn't see any sign of them. They have been decreasing and may not show up at all this year.