Did a few projects this month. Replaced the shelves in the pool pump room:
Stained the bedroom deck … was a little redder than I expected. I can only image how red it really is to a non-color-blind person, but Helen likes it:
Caught a mouse (I hired this task out):
Re-potted a bunch of fast growing plants. 10 more years and they will likely be re-potting me:
Moved a 20 foot cedar tree 20 feet, across a 10 foot retaining wall. This one was a bit of a challenge, those root dirt balls are heavy!
I enlisted a helper:
And got a bit dirty:
But it made it mostly in one piece. I tied it up, as it no longer has strong roots.
I’m pretty sure it will die, but seemed like a fun challenge, and doesn’t look dead yet, a few hot summer weeks later.
We gave Helen’s new electric bike a inaugural ride 20 miles up City Creek … I had a hard time keeping up:
Our friends Jason and Marie got a 2nd Dachshund, this one is blue:
And really small, only a little bigger than my big toe:
But from his stance, I suspect he will be fearless like his older brother:
We took them up on a 4 hour hike up Grandeur peak, the 1 year old hiked all 3300 feet up on his own!
The peak was 1 foot short of 8300 feet, so we jumped the last foot for extra credit:
I took a tour of the new Salt Lake Fire, Police, Emergency building. Largest net-zero energy building of its kind in the country, and it can withstand a 7.5 magnitude earthquake:
This is a massive 15 foot LED display that shows real time police activities:
And this is a map showing simulated results of how buildings will stand up after the big 7+ 1000 year earthquake that is overdue hits us. Our house is one of the red dots … 70-100% predicted damage:
Its those darn mountains … to make them, you have to shuffle things up periodically.
But to end on a more positive note … those darn mountains can be pretty pretty, especially when they spit out rainbows, this one over Mount Olympus:
Bruce
