Seasonal projects

A project that Ron helped design and has been in the works for some time is a new entry gate alongside the temple that leads to the Area Office campus down the hill. To widen the entry lane, five trees were cut down and the landscaping removed. The largest tree was engineered safely down by a professional crew; a man with a chainsaw cutting from the top down.






We are through our second month of winter and used some innovations to stay warm in our flat. In the evenings we sit on the couch to read with a blanket "tent" formed over the oil heater to keep us toasty. There is no central heating system in our apartment building so our livingroom's only other heat source are two panel heaters attached to opposite walls. They and the moveable heater have kept the chill off. When we sit at the table for meals or to use our laptop computers we place the oil heater under the table which acts as a tent to warm our legs.



Having made a berry pie with whole wheat crust which was a hit at a senior missionary potluck, I discovered it was quite a novelty--must be the Pacific Northwest style of pie making which I assumed everyone knew. A week later some of the sisters came to our flat for a hands-on berry pie class. All practiced and shared their style of crust fluting with four of the sisters making pies to take home and bake.


During wet and warm summer months the native grasses grow feet high throughout the countryside. Many areas, even in neighborhoods, are burned throughout the winter, creating huge clouds of smoke and a perpetual haze which hangs in the air.