I may have seen the tool box this morning.
It was cruising across the pre-dawn sky on a southeast path.
I'm not really sure that it was the tool box, but I do love the fact that we have another moving bright light to watch when the stars are visible.
I thought about the Space Station tool box which floated off from its mechanic several days ago and couldn't help thinking of Tony, the Wizard who fixes our lawnmowers and thinking about the possibility of his van stuffed full of tools getting loose, even here on Earth.
People would be amazed.
Pretty cool story from above.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/lost-nasa-tool-bag-orbit-visible-earth-rcna125147
I was shocked the other day, while walking past the planters on my deck steps, to see that a primrose is still blooming.
It looks a little shriveled up, but still, just to see the color on these days is a treat.
Garry is on one of his final missions.
Several days ago, I moved Garry and the other big pumpkins by the barn to an area south of the house.
It seemed better to have remnants of pumpkins out there in the wild as opposed to pumpkin parts scattered across the lawn.
Yesterday I received a text from Bill shortly after he had left for town.
Three deer eating pumpkins. They're having their pumpkin pie early.
I was happy to see that the deer are enjoying the pumpkins, with their guilt and all.
Deer and doves seem to be the guiltiest of all animals in the wild.
Just the hint that someone might be looking at them will often elicit an instant launch followed by a dash to get the heck out of there.
These deer did look at me for a few seconds, but it was long before they headed to the woods.
If all goes well, however, signs of Garry and the other pumpkins will disappear.
All that will be left of Garry are a few dark green pellets, maybe with some orange splotches, deposited beneath the apple tree.
Below: SOME great news to report.
Location
Sandpoint Community Hall
204 S 1st Ave
Sandpoint, Idaho
Join
the Bonner and Boundary County teams as we celebrate the huge milestone
of qualifying District 1! We will be having a celebration party on
November 25th at 10am at the Sandpoint Community Hall.
Luke Mayville
will join us to speak at 10:30am to share an update on where the
signature drive is at before joining volunteers at the doors to snag
some signatures.
We'll then meet back at noon to turn in signatures.
Please bring the family to stop by to sign, turn in signatures, and
celebrate with us!
In just over 3 months, Bonner County and Boundary County volunteers
have collected enough signatures for the Open Primaries Initiative to
qualify District 1.
In order for the Open Primaries Initiative to
qualify for the ballot, we will need to collect enough signatures in 18
legislative districts and over 100,000 signatures across the state.
Please bring any signatures you have to be notarized and turned in. This
event can give District 1 an even bigger boost and help put the
statewide signature drive on track to qualify for the November 2024
ballot.
Idaho’s closed primary blocks 270,000 independent voters from voting
in the most important elections resulting in many of our leaders being
hand-picked by political party committees, not by the people they’re
supposed to serve.
It’s time to give power back to the people of Idaho.
The Open Primaries Initiative will give Idahoans more freedom and
better leadership. This initiative gives all voters, regardless of party
affiliation, the freedom to vote in all elections and elect more
leaders who focus on solving real problems.
Please sign up if you can make it!
See you soon!
Below: This link takes you to a talk by Luke Mayville about the history of Initiatives in Idaho and what's different about this one's enthusiastic petition drive throughout the state.
It's amazing what's happening across the state.
We had snow yesterday, and we had our first fire in the wood stove this morning.
Bill always likes for us to tough it out until Thanksgiving, but I'm figuring, with all the iced-over stuff I saw outside this morning, that it's okay to feel that comfy wood heat a few days early.
Find the Finches.
As you can see, I see an abundance of dead leaves out my living room window near the bird feeders.
That sight doesn't thrill me (to be taken care of soon), but seeing all those little finches among the leaves is pretty neat.
Speaking of seeing things, this morning I dropped a transparent push pin to the floor three times AND found it easily three times.
It IS Feast Week. That's what they call all the college basketball tournaments which will keep us in front of our TV screens for more hours than usual this week.
And, probably feasting while we watch.
Today the ZAGS begin their quest to attempt to win the Maui Invitational Tournament. They have one giant obstacle to circumvent several times up and down the floor.
His name is Zach Edey. He plays for Purdue, and he was last year's NCAA Player of the Year.
And, he IS a giant and definitely an obstacle for most teams. Edey is listed as 7 feet, 4 inches tall.
Let's hope the Bulldogs have some stealth moves to avoid the hands of Edey.
Today's game will definitely mark their first real test.
Whatever the case, we'll have three straight days of watching ZAGS basketball, and that will truly be a festive experience.
GO, ZAGS!!
Take the steam out of those Boilermakers.
2 p.m. PST on ESPN2
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