Le't's be careful out there!

Around 12:30 pm Saturday a motorcyclist came over the bluff on Wallace Road NW here in Salem at the entrance to Westview Estates.  He collided with the driver of the red pickup truck and was taken from the scene by ambulance to Salem Hospital.

We return to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Garden

Bumper Sticker

Inspecting our Woodpecker's Handiwork

He's cut two holes

The Larger Hole

The Debris

The Debris

Cleaning My Desktop...

It's hard to imagine this much dust collecting in our desktop computer, but that's what has happened. In fact, the one this one replaced strangled on dust before I bought this one back in 2007. So, once again, I have a choice, do it myself or take it somewhere. And of course, I am doing it myself. Currently I am having problems getting the heat sink back in place. We'll see how that goes next week...

By Odd Coincidence...

Rembrandt's Return of the Prodigal Son

This year at St Mark in Salem Lenten devotions are based on Henri Nouwein's devotional study, based on the Return of the Prodigal Son.  This, and many other paintings of Rembrandt are in the Hermitage Museum in St Peters burg, Russia.

You would think that it would take a while to find someone who has seen the original, but you would be wrong.  Yesterday we found Betty Taunton, owner of the Spouting Horn Restaurant in Depoe Bay and she has been there.  While Betty is famous for her pies, she is also a world traveller. As an added bonus, she also has Montana roots.  While in her 80's she often puts in a full day's work and longs to be on the road again.

Here's how I did it

A called me this morning to say that the shower wouldn't shut off.  She fiddled with it hopefully, then called me to say that it was worst.  While I was formulating other plans for the day, this problem was not going to go away.  So call the plumber or fix it myself?  Seriously?  You do know my last name, don't you?

Luckily I just installed a new usb wireless internet adapter on this computer yesterday (thanks, Nate).So I called up this YouTube video and it is almost exactly the steps I took to complete the project!

And I finished it with only one trip to the Hardware store.  A first for me!