Kansas Connections

     Some last minute details had to be taken care of before we could leave for Kansas.  While checking the tree-watering I noticed the ash, those that have survived, are starting to change colors.

 

                                                The walnuts haven't changed much.

    

    I have to get the hydraulic hoses out of the sun.  They last a long time if they are out of the weather.  So here they are in their winter home.

 

                                 (This what I promised in the last blog--a more colorful entry.) 

                                       And away we go, as Jackie Gleason used to say.

    

      Lots to do here in Kansas.  One of the main reasons to return was a commitment by the barbershop group to perform at a neighboring town to help raise a few funds for the school’s music department. 

     We practiced on Thursday night, then showed up on Saturday night.  They fed us spaghetti and we sang.  Fair trade.

 

                                      We did a Western set, thus the bandanas and jeans.

   

    Our group matched the proceeds from a free-will offering for the spaghetti supper and the concert, up to $500.   We paid $500.  Proceeds were over $1K.   I think they plan to add a few instruments for the band.

 

    I had a few jobs lined up.  I keep saying I won’t do any more roof jobs, but here I go again.  Floyd is a barbershop compatriot.  And his roof isn’t that high or that steep.

 

                                  I had to measure the roofs so we can order the metal. 

 

       There’s always work at home.  I fixed the garage door once a few yearsago, after the Goodwife opened the north door and tried backing out the south door.

 

                                                      (Another colorful entry!) 

     I used MFD board to try to reinforce the door, but it had too much give.  Two fairly heavy pieces of 1/2” angle iron are doing a good job, so far, of keeping the door from bulging out, like a bad hernia.

    Then there’s the counter top to finish.  A couple of seams to grout and some trim work on the supports underneath just about took up my whole day.

 

     We finished off the day, Tuesday, by taking a long route to supper.  We went for a ride across the Nebraska line to a marina that features some good walleye.  Not open on Tuesday.  Nor were some other places we called on.  Back to the local bowling alley for a pizza. I don't even want to mention how many miles we traveled to ge to the local bowling alley, with gas prices approaching $4 in Kansas.

                       We returned to Colorado on Wednesday where we found a little rain!