1 Nov 2010 Monday

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Today has been an interesting day. At 8:00 this morning, I was startled by voices outside the door. It was some workers coming to put in a new fence and they needed to plug in their extension cord. I opened up the laundry room so they could plug in at that outlet. Their next step was to begin grinding off the gate and the top of the concrete posts. Soon a dump truck of sand arrived and was dumped in the driveway and then a load of stone. In the meantime, the TWR workers arrived with a pallet of bags of cement. They told me that the sand and gravel was supposed to have been unloaded next door where no one was staying, but since the sand and gravel was in our driveway, the bags of cement would be unloaded in our carport. They have been busy grinding down the concrete posts for the new fence and raising a bit of dust.

I usually wash on Monday, but had not started it as early as usual, waiting to see how or if Hurricane Thomas ( It changed course and was down-graded to a tropical storm.) would affect our weather. We were supposed to have a 60% chance of showers. Well, since it looked good, I

I suggested that Benny save the cut grass and give it to the Donkey Sanctuary. Benny just laughed. Note the bright color of our back neighbor's house.

decided to do a load of laundry.

While the clothes were washing, Benny, one of the TWR workers showed up with the lawn mower to cut the grass, which was knee high. What a dust storm! It took an hour and half to cut the little patch of grass because it was so long. I couldn’t hang out clothes because of all the dust and a lot of the back yard is under the

Looks rather dead after cutting, but, with recent rains, it should green up fast

clothes line. It is now finished, but he may be back with a weed whacker to finish off, so I have not yet hung out the laundry. I think the end of the work day is 4:00, so I can clean off the lines and hang out the clothes. As long as the breeze continues, they will probably dry before the sun drops into the ocean around 6:00.

I will also need to do a little dusting again today. I have already wiped the table down three times today.

This restaraunt is color coordinated! Which came first the paint or the flowers?

Louvered windows are just not particularly dust proof and one does not want them all closed in this heat. Every breath of breeze is appreciated!

We have been taking some pictures of a few of the colorful houses around town. These are not the exception, but rather the rule. Some have been freshly painted and are so bright and pretty. Hope you enjoy them.