It has been a very busy two months since I posted last. I am now the president of the corporation instead of treasurer. Carol has had a great opening of her photo show in our new Library and various dramas both in the park and personal have played out.

Carol got pushed around by a powerful gust of wind as she turned around a corner of our shed. This resulted in a couple of days of hospital stay and a month in rehab. In addition to the fractured vertebra in her neck some other medical issues that had been lying and waiting came to the fore. She seems to have most of it under control and is now recovering from attempting to run her rehab in an understaffed under supervised facility. She will be running her continued rehab with a staff of one very dedicated worker. 

That is enough drama of a personal nature. I must admit that I have had dinner at several neighbors and much food was brought to Carol in the rehab when she let it be known the rehab kitchen left a lot to be desired. Also flowers and cards  have filled her room. I’m now looking for space for all that stuff in the coach. 

Our plans to go to Tucson for Escapade have come to naught, it starts in two days. Our plans for a river cruise on the Rhone at the beginning of May are still in place. I have a procedure scheduled for early April and I hope that Carol is recovered enough to go and I won’t have a long recovery either, it is outpatient so I have high hopes. 

The Super Bloom is blooming all over the place.

This is just a couple hundred yards up the road from our site. I took a walk with our neighbor Bill Outlaw on the high ridges around the park to see all the bloom. It is great but this is the best picture I got. 

We have had an unexpected amount of rain and chill (I can’t really call it cold, overnight lows in the mid 30’s at worst). It certainly has not been the lovely warm winter we remember from prior years. Today is warm and sunny for the moment, but back into the wet and chill for next week. 

I would love to regale my followers with tales of governing drama, but the only really exciting stuff is confidential. Other stuff is still to come before the board and I am trying to contain my normal desire to wade in on one side or the other. I need to chair the meetings in order to let all side present their perspective before letting the board vote. Several of the questions do not engage me directly other than trying to prevent the sides from becoming inflamed.