More Sundial Bridge

Last Friday night the resident angel & I went to Redding so have dinner with the bishops & their wives in that stake. It was as much fun as I have had in quite a while. The food was great, especially the chili relleno cassarole (Sister Collins) and the oatmeal cake (Sister Jones of Weaverville). The people we met and spent the evening with were great also. It is always a great pleasure to be around bishops.

After the main event, we wandered off to see the Sundial Bridge at night (photos below). We had been told by the Garricks and by Pete/Mel that it is pretty neat, and it was. The only down side was all of the smokers hanging out there. But the weather was nice and the bridge was very pretty all lit up.

The view from the parking lot:

The bridge deck (you can almost here Darth Vadar's music playing in the background):

The sundial part:

And here's a video:

Things Springing Up All Over

Yesterday was a very productive day. We got a good jump on our garden, planting peas, lettuce, and spinach. But as you can see from the photos below, we already have flowers, etc. popping up, and before long will probably have lilacs blooming.

We also got the antenna up for the radio I purchased not long ago. This one came at no charge from my "elmer", Doug Reid. He keeps getting new ones and passed this one along to me as a starter. Unfortunately, the power supply that we thought would work would not (the radio will draw 15 amps and it maxed out at 5 for some reason), so I returned it and will continue looking. I will no doubt have an off-line conversation with our family's radio guru, Uncle Mike.

We finished off the day grilling hot dogs & turkey burgers on our little charcoal grill, but that didn't turn out quite as planned. But it was a fun, full, day.

This is a crocus, we think. Anyway, it is the first thing to flower in our new flower bed by the vegetable garden.

This is our little garden out front. Those purple flowers on the right have been doing well for weeks now, and everything is coming along.

These are our aloe vera plants that grow like weeds everywhere we plant them - and some places we don't. They are extremely beautiful when they bloom.

This is a shot of the antenna from the back yard making it look like it is coming out of the exhaust pipe.

And here is a good shot of it. It is on the peak of the house on the east side. Doug said it should work pretty well.