The Last Days of Night

Velyn hosted the Alpine book club yesterday. It was fun to see her house and the beautiful job she did on her kitchen remodel.

We read The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore. It was about Tesla and Edison, told from the point of view of Westinghouse's lawyer. We all enjoyed it very much. We learned a lot, and thought the book was written in such a way to keep you wanting to find out what happened. It turned out Tesla won...but he also lost!

Next month we're reading a play out loud in book club--we have a script for Little Women. It will be fun to see people's acting skills!

Over the Hill to Fort Canyon

Ed and I ventured out of Lambert Park today and hiked from the Cove to Fort Canyon over the new trail. It was a beautiful walk!

The trail was covered with red-stemmed filaree, all in bloom!

There was a Utah White Fir that was three times the size of any of the putzy-dutzy ones in Lambert Park!

We saw a pair of wild pheasants, who got away before we could get a good picture.

The weather was so nice we barely noticed how steep the climb was!

When we got close to the Fort Canyon development we looked over the edge, but decided not to walk down, as we'd already walked over 2 miles in one direction!

On the way home we stopped in Lambert park and took a picture of a couple of geese who posed nicely in front of our beautiful mountain backdrop!  Did I mention we love living in Alpine?

Pickleball at the Church

Ed and I bought an indoor net for pickleball and tried it out with the Sardoni's at the church tonight. It rained all day, so it was fun having a warm place inside to play. It was also nice because the gym had brand new pickleball lines just waiting to be played upon!

The Sardoni's brought Liz along, which brought play to a whole new level! We thought we were so good, but it turned out that whoever was on Liz's team won! Ed and I are going to need some more lessons!

Lacy's Expecting a Girl!

My nephew Eli and his wife Lacy are having a girl in May! Calvin will be so happy to have a baby sister! We went to a shower to celebrate with her this afternoon.

Brittany and I rode up to Salt Lake together. It was also fun seeing Abby again! She says she loves married life and that its fun living with someone you really like! He was home making cookies for when she got home from the shower. Who wouldn't like a husband like that?

Music Sorting

Yesterday Brittany came over to help me go through some music that my mom was getting rid of  It doesn't seem right to get rid of music after you spend a lifetime collecting it! Brittany took some, and I'm hoping to give some to Amanda and Crystal, as well as keep some. This is just a small portion of it!

Brittany stayed for dinner, and Mabel had fun having a bottle fight with Grandpa! (Grandpa loved it, too!)

We had fun watching Clementine go down the slide over and over! It was fun to see how she had no fear of letting go after she positioned herself at the top. Mabel originally had a lot more trepidation with slides, but we didn't own a slide this small when she was a a baby!

Cord Cutting

The Bush family made the switch! We've been paying $80 a month for Dish network for the past two years, and have decided enough is enough!

We have switched to over-the-air network TV, which is coming in just fine! We never watch any of the cable stations anyway.

We also have Netflix and Acorn TV, so don't foresee any remorse for our decision. Ed installed a Tablo, which can record up to four shows at a time and play them back. He's also paying $5 a month for a slick TV guide interface.

It feels very liberating to cut the cord!

Mandolin lesson

I took a mandolin lesson Friday from Moriah. She's helping me work up the mandolin part for a couple of songs with the slow jam. She plays completely by ear, which is the opposite of me, who really likes reading music. She also told me to strike the chord and release it so it ends in a percussive sound. This requires playing closed chords, which will take a little practice!