Monday Micellany

 

A fun day lies ahead.  

Lunch with my classmates. 

Gonzaga game tonight. 

And, maybe some more yard work. 

It's a crisp, cool and dry morning out there, perfect for yard work. 

Today my focus will be directed toward picking up pine cones that have fallen over the winter from a couple of large trees in the yard.

As a result of my spring painting binge, I now have a bright yellow flying pig in the deck garden. 

Several pots have also received a new coat of paint, as has the metal milk jug and the high chair---both purchased from antique stores.  

The big painting job for spring involves a few hundred feet of board fence.  It's getting pretty weathered, but with a new coat of white paint, the place should look pretty spiffy. 

We have to have warmer temperatures for fence painting so that time-consuming job will come later. 

Meanwhile, Bill, with his Gonzaga bonnet has been cleaning up a big brush pile south of the house. 

Several years of lawn debris and limbs have been thrown on that pile, and it has spread so much that Bill decided it was time for burning. 

The only problem:  a well-shaped and pretty spruce tree right in the middle of the pile. 

So, for the past several days, a little at a time, Bill has been pulling out and stacking parts of the pile into little side piles and then burning them. 

It will take a while for that project, and when it's done, I'll plant grass around the tree and add a little plot to my mowing program. 

Future debris deposits from the yard will go further into the woods.

Anywho, we're excited to see Gonzaga playing again tonight.  

The ZAGS will take on Oregon State, and the game will have some regional nostalgic touches. 

After learning that Oregon State would be letting him go, Wayne Tinkle and his team upset the San Francisco Dons last night.  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/wayne-tinkle-s-players-gave-him-an-honor-he-s-never-received-while-at-oregon-state/ar-AA1XNiZj?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Tinkle comes from Spokane where he graduated from Ferris High School, and his daughter Elle played for the ZAGS women. 

BTW:  the ZAGS women also play Oregon State today in the tournament.  Tip-off is at noon, and the game is available on ESPN+

With all those connections, I'm sure there will be an extra layer of emotions felt at tonight's game. 

Of course, we ZAGS fans are hoping Oregon State won't be TOO fired up. 

Tip-off is at 6 p.m. PDT, and the game will be telecast on ESPN. 

GO, ZAGS!!!

Speaking of classmates, these two are at the West Coast Tournament. 

Rick and Janet Eakin Anthony don't miss much Gonzaga action. 

Also, Terry (who fixed our ceiling damage) and his wife Edna are there.  

Edna reported to me this morning that she has seen a lot of Sandpoint locals at the tournament. 

When I went to my sisters' arena yesterday to talk with Monty Collison about taking CB to his Stateline barn for training, our family friend Sarah was there on her young horse Opal. 

Opal, a 4-year-old,  is an Arabian and Appaloosa cross. 

She's a cute little mare, and Sarah is enjoying her. 

Little daffodil nubbins are becoming more prominent with each new day. 

This clump is reaching out of the ground at my sisters' farm. 

Spring is coming, and it's a lovely morning. 

Happy Monday.