visitors

Had visitors on Friday.  They all had to come back for a re shoot - my poor old dust filled camera has a little trouble with focus now and then.  These folks are all planning on making the move to our little Hell we call Terlingua.  Meet Mike (with his new friend Mr. Floppy).  Meet Chris, his wife Nicole, and there daughters Santa Alayna and Queen Elizabeth (that's how I can remember the girls' names).

Since Carl has been sleeping inside my house at night, I've noticed that he has been wantin' to roost.  Every time I get up from my chair, he jumps on the back of it.  He has been sleeping on an old towel on my bed in the evenings while I am on the computer.  I wake him up every time he nods off.  When I go to bed he has been sleeping on an old coat I put on top of my chest freezer.  Rigged him up a roosting pole to enhance his sleeping pleasure - he seemed to appreciate the effort last night.  If you don't want your rooster to crow at 4 AM, hang out with him and keep him up till 11 PM.  Carl sleeps in till 6:30 now.

Planted more seeds today:  carrots, collard greens, soy beans, pole beans, and some artichokes.  Stuck the seeds in the new blend of native soil, commercial potting mix, and fresh TFL compost.

Had a nice chat this evening with Carl Erickson from http://www.savethefood.org/   We are trying to figure out how to get funds together to get one of their solar ice makers out here.  Building one of these from scratch is on the TFL long list.  98,108,68,0,C,0