Dad without the war

Dad had quit school after the eighth grade to and went to work to provide for the family.  The family moved into a house that had been occupied by people that had the 1918 flu. Notice I don't call it the Spanish flu as it was everywhere but Spain was the only one to report how bad it was, everybody else was afraid the reports would make their country look weak. World War one was going on. Everybody got sick and dad's father died, working to take care of fourteen kids wore him down.  Dad would work, bring the money home and take a little for himself.  He would go to the junk yard every week and buy pieces to build a motorcycle. He would use it to get to jobs around southern Minnesota. The bad thing about this is he liked to go fast and would over shoot the turns on the road, remember the roads were just paths through the country.  His ability to see something them go copy it kept him out of at least one demonstration, which he thought was funny.  They told him he couldn't come in because "he would just go home and build his own".  

I remember a cattle drive when we first got to Webster, Dad deciding he was going to put in a road through the woods, the time he bought all of us an ice cream cone but forgot himself, the story behind the new van and the four hour trip, taking care a robin and her nest, his lawn mower trying to pass us going down the highway, etc.... Will have to do these stories later, I'm short on time today.

Power door system

I have been working on the front door system for a couple of weeks, work isn't hard, reading Chinese is.  The maker of this unit provided lots of stuff, motion sensors, badge reader, badges, remote Fobbs, and a basic instruction book with bad English and mistakes in the diagrams.  Had to reinstall it after I realized the instructions don't show an offset hings.  Putting in the 110 volt power wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Now it is set with the wall switch, badge reader, and fob, still have to put in the power lock and create a code to buzz in or use the card reader. 

It is so nice to be able to come in and out with out a lot of trouble, Julia likes the ease and I keep watch for Chip the Monk to make sure we don't have a visitor.

Have the railing on the wherechair ramp painted, touched up the planters, chase Chip the monk away alot. Chip has a pal we call Bobby, has a short tail. 

Next big project outside is to rebuild the arbor, years have been tuff on it.