time, and trees, fly

Lots of unrelated things happened today 

    We had storms and strong winds last night.  No damage to our house, but neighboring communities had some outbuildings damaged.

    I do an annual (well, semi....or maybe just in my mind annual) burning of the Christmas tree in March or April.

    I gather up all the cut branches from the tree, which I used to cover plants,  drag it all  into an area where fire doesn't matter, and light the pile.

    Until the burning, I put the tree in the yard.  Yes, sometimes I have to go find it because the wind might blow it.  It was in the field next to us once, and in the yard two houses down once.  So I wedged it between the utility box and cable box at the back of the yard.

    Like I said, it was windy.  

    My tree is gone.

    I have looked in yards, along fence lines, in the ditches, in the park.....I can't find it anywhere.   We have a neighborhood Facebook page and I posted it there, but no one has found my tree!

    I do feel bad about that for 2 reasons:  1, I don't want to be a littering bad neighbor; 2, I like fire.

    I got out my golf cart to search around, but once I got to the corner the cart told me it did not want to go any farther.  I turned around and 15 minutes later made it the 300 feet to my house.  

    Now I have to find someone who tests and replaces batteries in golf carts.

    We got a notice from Comcast that they made a mistake in our DVR programming and as of April 26 we can only have 20 hours saved.  We currently have about 200.

    Most of them are programs I wanted to watch.

    So today I sat down and watched "8 Days a Week," the Ron Howard film WTTW showed as a fund raiser in 2018!  

    It was pretty good and well worth the wait.   I also watched a "Hidden Chicago" program recorded in 2020.  

    Hopefully I can watch all the other "must see" shows I recorded.

    I used my air fryer to make garlic buttered steak bites, and they were pretty darned good!  Served them with sweet corn and beans, and Jackie and I were full.  Julia also enjoyed them, but without the vegetables.

    Now, all I need is a good night's sleep and the world will look a better place.  

    Maybe.

Peace, Love and Pray for Ukraine