It's now about 8:40PM. After a long afternoon of heavy garden work, Angel & I are relaxing, reading. The weather turned mild as the day wore on and we cultivated a few square feet near the front of the property. There, the already rocky soil was made much worse during the construction because the contractor had a large load of coarse gravel dumped in that area to keep the mud down near (and beneath) his construction trailer. Now we must break the soil and rocks apart with a mattocks, pile it up, and run it through a screen. We are gradually moving the rocks down near the street to form a parking space near the mailbox. Eventually, this will be a large, color-filled area of perennials. For now, we dig, we sift, we move dirt and rocks. We hurt.
The wind came up about a half hour ago, and the rain that threatened off and on seems to have decided to water our newly transplanted shrubs and flowers. This is a good thing.
The house is warm and quiet: I can hear the refrigerator in the pantry and a wind chime just outside the window. Beneath the cheery sound of the chimes, I can hear the wind gusting past the house. It is good.
2 comments:
Sure beats 10 hours of programming,
although I did get a dinner break at Mission Pizza. No bluegrass band on Sunday night, though.
The beer's good anyway. Sometime not too long ago I learned that IPA on a beer label means India Pale Ale. That got me to wondering what ESB meant. My guess (Extra Stout Brewer) wasn't very far off: there are variations, but Extra Strong Bitter is the general drift. I asked "What do you have that's Extra Strong and Bitter ?" and was served a pint (OK, 12 oz.) of Arrogant Bastard Ale. It was both extra strong, and bitter. It was really good.
Well, the beer sounds pretty good. There are a couple of good local beers. Next time you come to visit we'll have to go over to PT Brewery. It's over by the big dry-dock / boat yard. Perfect spot for it.
We recently went over to Seattle to see Angel's cousin who was in town for a couple of days. He is part owner of the Blackfoot River Brewery in Helena, MT. They make some great beer, but they are deliberately staying pretty small, so you're not likely to see it at Mission Pizza.
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