Tuesday I went to the Kiwanis meeting with Charlie. The speaker was a guy who runs a big greenhouse operation. I learned some interesting things, and got to talk to him afterward. I ran errands in the afternoon, dumped ashes at the brush dump and picked up an old Xmas tree for Nancy. I had Gretchen with me and when we stopped at Nancy's she went ape-wild over Nancy's dogs. She tried to play with Tiko, but he doesn't play. Gracie was feeling a bit territorial. Still, it was good socialization for Gretch.
Wednesday I watched eagles for a bit before heading out to Lowell's. He wasn't expecting me that early, but I went out ice fishing while he waited for delivery of his generator, so it all worked out. Actually, it was a good thing I was there because the tractor got stuck in the driveway and we pulled it out with my truck. I caught five channel catfish from the pond, including a 7-pounder, a personal best through the ice. We went to lunch at the newly remodeled diner in Lewistown. I ran into one of my old students there. I fished the lake for bluegills after lunch. They weren't biting very fast and furious, but I kept 9 and threw back 6.
Thursday morning I put the truck back in the boathouse and walked Gretchen home from there. She did well, except for the big golden retriever in a back yard we passed on the way home. She was mighty tired after that. In the afternoon I went in to the office to meet with a student. We got his schedule straightened out so he can graduate. I went to our basketball games after that. We won both games. The women's game was a blowout, as we buried the opponent under a mountain of 3-pointers. It was nice to see the bench play. The men were well ahead at halftime when I left. We had gotten a couple of dunks already. A couple of my students showed up and I bought them hot dogs. They both are quitting smoking. I promised to buy them a nice lunch if they kept off cigarettes for the whole semester. That night one of my former students, Brittany, was on the TV news. She's been in Haiti for several months. They interviewed her via Skype about the earthquake. She was on my first Galapagos trip. She was far from the quake, but certainly felt it. She was about to go to Port Au Prince to deliver medical supplies and help out.
Friday morning Bob stopped by to drop off some images. We decided to go out to breakfast, then to find things to photograph. Being a foggy/overcast day, it was hard to find suitable subjects. I showed Bob some of my favorite spots and we had fun just hanging out.
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