Happy Earth Day!

In celebration of Earth Day, we installed a rain barrel today to collect water from the gutter for watering the lawn and flowers. We did a rough installation today and will eventually build something to enclose it.

Our Rain Barrel

Cassie has been enjoying the nice weather by spending some quality time in the back yard. She is good at finding the shade to stay cool.

Cassie looking majestic in the yard

We rounded out the weekend with a nice 30 mile bike ride on Saturday and a run on Sunday. We have the garage scheduled to get torn down on May 1st so stay tuned for some pictures. We are excited to head to Dallas next weekend for Matt and Kim's wedding.

That's all for now.

Happy April

It's been a few weeks since the last post. I have spent the last two weeks up in Marinette Wisconsin, which is on the border with Michigan's upper peninsula. This was another sediment sampling job and it is still cold up north with frost every morning and a few snow flurries. But it was sunny almost everyday, which is always welcome when doing field work.

Sunrise in Marinette

Last week we had a nice Easter with David coming to visit from Madison. We went for a bike ride down to the lakefront on Saturday and Diana cooked a great Easter lunch on Sunday.

Ham, Artichokes, and Potatoes

Our Dyed Eggs


As for other updates, we are in the process of getting our garage rebuilt. We have a signed contract and recently had our lot surveyed. Now we are waiting for the building season to start in May. We are currently brewing batch #4 of homebrew, which is an Amber Ale. The 3rd batch is a dark wheat beer that turned out very good (Diana's favorite so far).

That's all for now.