Moving water......

 8:01 am - Sunday - April 5th - TWW - 51° F, humidity 13%, cloud cover 12%, wind 7 mph out of the southeast.....few clouds today, mostly sunny with a forecast high of 75° F.  On this date in 2017 TLE and I were at the Oceano Elks Lodge.....

....near Pismo Beach, CA.  The lodge was 1/2 block from the ocean.  The view this morning.....

Just as the weather guessers guessed the 20+ mph winds returned early morning and continued until early afternoon.  TLE and I spent time at the greenhouse transferring water from the tote at the northwest corner of the greenhouse to the one at the southeast corner from which we water the potato beds....

.....the process took most of the morning, and also included moving water from the tote at the southwest corner of the house to refill the one on the northwest corner from which we had just transferred water.  On another day we'll move water from the two totes on the east side of the house to that one (southwest corner of the house) as it is almost empty now.  The overnight temperature got down to 30° F, and a few of the potato greens wilted as a result, but 98% of them are fine.  The indoor plants are doing wonderfully, and we should be harvesting some more cauliflower and broccoli soon.  So far our experiment growing food at 5,500' elevation during the winter has been a resounding success, and we hope to expand our crops significantly next winter.

We didn't do much else Saturday due to the winds.  I'm pretty the high winds will be gone Sunday, and we'll be able to get back to work on several fronts.....fix the VW, finish installing insulation board in the shed, install the turbine vent on the shed roof, caulk the roof seams on the barn roof, and caulk some old screw holes in the garage roof....at least that is our hope.

The two 'Final Four' NCAA men's basketball games were played Saturday afternoon/evening.  The first game between UCONN and Illinois was close early, but UCONN steadily increased their lead to double digits, and except for a few minutes when the lead was down to 4 points, UCONN was in control, and as time expired held a 9 point lead.  The evening game between Arizona (ASU) and Michigan (both #1 seeds) was never close.  After 3 minutes it was 10-1 Michigan,  with Michigan holding a 16 point lead at half time.  ASU got within 5 points for a a minute in the 2nd half, but then Michigan went on a run leading by as many as 30 points.  They ended up winning by 18.  So the Final game will feature #2 UCONN vs. #1 Michigan on Monday evening as this year's version of 'March Madness' draws to a close.

Other than dealing with wind these past 8 days, life here at TWW is great.  In just 15 days we'll begin our northward trek back to LPG&RVR, but for now our hearts are here at TWW where life moves at our pace.

Thanks for stopping by!