Evening all.
Walked the dog today, which she enjoyed. Got the truck home from the mechanic, $200 later and it runs fine.
GT, I've seen a number of Mountain lions, bears, bobcats, and even a fisher. Like Roo said, I spend a lot of time "out and about." Never gets less interesting, though.
PE, you may have something there with the Russian thing. I do work for the Federal gov.
And on the subject of gardening, I've got my cover crop of wheat sprouting, my ancient Einkorn is about knee high, and I'm going to plant a sugar cane in a rubbermaid container to root through the winter. Come spring, my plan is to plant my 5'x12' garden patch with the Three Sisters, though the specific varieties I haven't decided on. I also plan on planting a few rows of potatoes, reds and sweet potatoes, along the edges. I don't know if it will work, but I've been building the dirt through composting all summer, and I plan on turning the wheat plants before they seed, so we'll see.
In other news, I'm back up to the tower tomorrow, but I plan on coming back mid-week this time. We're theoretically in the last pay period of the year (two weeks), so I'm going to have some extra time on my hands soon. But I'm planning a week long bear hunt up in the alps, so that should be interesting, if nothing else.
--TK