March 20, 2000

He writes: Mostly sunny. Lots of humming bird action to feeder. GG made chunky soup for lunch. Me microwaved frozen fish for supper. Added toast and spinach. Called Linda machine. Called Eva, Faye. No answer. Called Loreta. She okay. Linda called about 6:30 and said Nino on his way here to drive me to elk herds. Saw over 25 elk in a field NW of North Bank Rd. intersection. Also saw over 8 toward ocean. Not enough daylight to see good. Lew called and said he has pressure treated boards to fix back porch. Me sleepy all day. 2 kitties here. Crows, robin, and a flicker here.

March 18, 2000

He writes: Lots of rain. Wind. Nasty. 3 deer here most of the day. Late in the day they jumped the fence and ran up steep hill north of us. GG cooked steak and taters for lunch. Me watched Portland beat Seattle there by a point. We talked to Linda. Saw no goats. Big Linda called GG. Kitties here. We watched video, "Bhutan the Last Shangri-La" Reader's Digest.

We 61 years.

Happy anniversary old man! Today would be your 73rd wedding anniversary!

May 2, 2000

He writes: Partly sunny. My lower legs very sore in the a.m. Put "pain relief rub" on them. Better after that. Also put some on GG back. Black fone works o.k. to call someone but doesn't seem to work when sumone calls. Nino here because fone off hook. He bot Linda new tv/vcr for bedroom. We watched Portland beat Minnesota 85-77. Win series. GG burger for supper. Me ate trout. We saw deer about 7:30 p.m. Chicken, fried taters, and canned toms for lunch. Loretta 84.

April 23, 2000

He writes: Rain + sun. GG called Linda and Lew. We at GG rice-noodle dish for lunch. Linda called just before 5pm and said Easter Bunny there and she would bring some eggs on way to bowling alley. She brot eggs and candy eggs and half a lemon meringue pie, and 2 eggs. We ate burgers for supper. Watched Portland beat Minn 91-88 here. Video taped "Dr. Dolittle" mw vcr front room. Had to put it on daylite savings time. We saw deer 7:20 pm. Rhodie in bloom front of house. Me sleepy!

Muffin pan from Linda.

Shirley Temple 72.