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Fish have arrived!

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 I was lucky enough to be able to see the delivery this year, and the delivery man had a lot of interesting information.  I did not know that trout eat crawdads - yay!! - and that once the fish is filleted, if you see reddish tones, that means that fish has been feasting on them.  He also took the temperature and oxygenation levels of the pond - 54 degrees and 120% oxygenation, which he proclaimed perfect for the fish.   Mike has had an engineer friend over to look at the leakage in the pond.  It is very low, and there are leakages on both sides of the spillway.  Additionally, the concrete blocks in front of the spillway are separated and movable.  Assessments will continue. I've gone through a 25-pound bag of fish food and picked up another 50-pound bag today.  However, now that I know there is food in the form of crawdads available, I won't be so paranoid about missing a day.

Seasonal attitude adjustment

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 I try very hard to have a sense of humor about tourists and their very bad driving, and this is the time of year I need to gear up and do some deep breathing - ohmmmm.  It's the unnecessary braking around curves and erratic speeds that do me in.   The county is working on the road closure above us in the narrows.  Supposedly, tomorrow they will be blasting rock.  There has been no estimate of when the road will be open. I've started feeding the fish, and it's the typical frenzy.  There are at least 20 dead crawdads on MFL and the dam road, so I have texted Barb and Steve that they need to come RIGHT NOW and set traps.  I know it's a dog eat dog world, and the crows need to eat, but I really don't want to see it in my face.  I am so grossed out. We're now able to see what the road damage is that I mentioned earlier.  There is a big crack in the road, and there is no news as to when they plan to fix it...or how.  For now, it is down ...

Sun then sick then snow

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 Mike and I had the most wonderful time in Florida with Barb and Steve, sun and greenery - no mud! - and fabulous food and conversation.  We are so grateful for their invitation, and I'm willing to share all the details with anyone who asks. fun boat! Hibiscus in the yard the most amazing iris  we don't see these in Ouray! I started getting a cold last Saturday morning when we left Florida for home, and it escalated quickly.  I'm finally starting to get my energy back. We had four and a half inches of snow yesterday and two and a half more this morning.  It's cold today, but yesterday's didn't stick on the road.  Our total for the year is 137.5.

Mud season - ugh

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 The snow is melting, the roads are horrid, but the tourists haven't descended yet.  I think we have another month of calm.   Update on the closure of Camp Bird Road at Senator Gulch:  the county was going to contract with a company to do mitigation, taking down imminent rockfall and repairing the road, but I've not seen nor heard anything that suggests it's started.  This could impact traffic on Camp Bird Road in a good way for us but not so good for people wanting to go over to Telluride the hard way. Mike and I are heading to Hobe Sound, Florida on Tuesday to visit Barb and Steve for a few days.  We deliberately chose this time so as to get away from the mud.   I have a flower on my geranium!

O ye of little faith

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 Second post in two days, but I knew you all would want to know that we got two inches of snow overnight and - wait for it! - 10 additional inches today, for a total of a foot of snow.  I swear on everything that is sacred to me that this is not an April Fool's joke!  That puts our total for the season at 131 inches.  Years 21-22 and 23-24, we had 131 inches for the season.  There are more chances for snow through Saturday. my official measuring station Head's up that some of Camp Bird Road has eroded and signs are up around mile marker 1.  This is far below Sandy and Larry's house, where we have all seen the erosion.