Today I got some tools out of the garage and started digging a hole. This adventurous project was to put a piece of limestone with our address on it into the ground. The stone was cut and carved by Anne's grandfather who then drove it to Pagosa Springs from Great Bend, Kansas. It stayed in Pagosa for awhile and then Anne's dad brought it the rest of the way a couple of weeks ago. It weighs about 150 pounds I would guess but was pretty easy to manuver once the hole was dug. Other excitement recently has been the ripening of some tiny tomatoes and green peppers. The tomatoes have taken a long time to start ripening but hopefully will finish ripening before the first big frost. Luckily we have about 6 quart bags full of squash from our calabacita plants in the freezer for Thanksgiving time festivities which mainly include food and drink. On a different note, as I was looking through our photos from a couple of weeks ago I came across a photo of a dead porcupine that I found inside the shack at one of the North Rim's lookout towers. This porcupine had been dead for quite awhile and yet no one had bothered to clean it out. Now I understand keeping historically valuable building protected but come on. If a building is so remote and in a state of disrepair it should just get torn down. If the Park Service can't keep it clean of dead animals and fecal matter they are probably not to concerned with its historical value either. That is about all of the ranting I've got for this fine afternoon. Get out and enjoy fall while it lasts!
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