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 7:26 am - Saturday - March 29th - TWW - 42° F, humidity 38%, wind 8 mph out of the south.....clear, blue skies today with a forecast high of 63° F.  On this date in 2012 TLE and I (during our first year on the road, and our first time in Cedar Key) were watching another sunset in Cedar Key, FL.....

.....it was, and is still such a magical place, even after being hit by three hurricanes in the last 5 years.  Our last visit there was back in December of 2018.....can it really have been almost 6.5 years since we were there last?

We had plans to accomplish a lot on the greenhouse Friday, including spraying on the second coat of paint, but the wind had other ideas.  By mid morning, just about the time it had gotten warm enough to begin painting, the winds freshened into the 20's, and dashed any hopes of painting.  It was even too windy to properly mask in, and cover the 2 windows and glass door to protect them from the inevitable overspray.  Charles and I did manage to uproot, and remove a small tree that was in the way of the new fence line for the greenhouse using the Ford 420 loader bucket, and then pruned a couple of other trees back for the same purpose, so it wasn't a total waste of time. It appears weather conditions on Saturday will be more conducive to spray painting.

After pulling the small tree out of the ground Charles asked me to take the tractor out to the entrance to level the area right in front of our entrance.  You will recall that I dragged the whole access road the other day, but the area where he needs to swing wide with the water trailer to enter the gate was a little off canter.  And that is where the day really took a nose dive.  Just after I finished grading that area the tractor sprung a large coolant leak at the rear of the engine, so we had to put it away quickly.  Looks like a rear engine seal has failed, or something....bummer!!!  

With it too windy to do much outside I kept myself busy finishing the cleaning of that Coleman grill, and when it became too windy to do even that I headed inside to watch golf for a while before dinner at 4 pm.  TLE and Phyllis made corned beef, potatoes, and cabbage for our communal dinner....I wish I had taken a picture....lol.  

We're headed back into the 50's for about 5 days before it warms up into the 70's again, and about a week of overnight lows in the 30's before it warms back into the 40's, and 50's at night.  By the 1st we'll begin, in earnest, packing for our trip back north for the summer.  Our days at TWW are now quite finite, and we're about to change our view again, without going through escrow.

On my left shoulder front....instead of doing the three hour round trip drive Friday to Flagstaff to review my MRI results in person, I arranged for a video conference with David Brown, PA.  The original appointment was for 8:15 am in Flagstaff, meaning we would have had to leave TWW around 6 am to be there on time.  The video appointment was still for 8:15 am, but I didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn to keep it.  As I suspected, the MRI showed I have advanced arthritis in my left shoulder, and a very small tear in the rotator cuff.  PA Brown advised by the time most men get to my age they have some sort of rotator cuff damage.  Since full range of motion has returned, and I have NO pain he recommended no further treatment unless things take a turn for the worse.  That, my friends, was the best news possible!  Of course, he recommended I start acting my age, and not pretending I'm 19 to avoid future pain....lol!

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