Puzzle and mushroom hunt

Spent part of the week making an Oregon puzzle. Also planted a row of potatoes, two rows of snow peas, a row of beans (may lose them to frost, but taking a chance), a row of spinach and have already planted lettuce. I have radish seed and carrot seed to put in, but the day turned cold and very windy. Forecast is for light wind and temps in the 50's so will probably try my luck on the Owyhee River tomorrow. We had planned to do that today, but decided the wind was too much.

The levy's passed in both Fruitland and Weiser. I think that is good. Fruitland's money from the State will be $1.2 million less than last year so the $475,000 approved by the voters will help. The Governor crowed after the session how the legislature held the line and did the right thing by not raising taxes and cutting budgets. Well, how can it be argued that the legislature did not raise taxes when all they did was to pass the buck on to the school boards and the school district patrons to raise the taxes? Am I not to regurgitate when the legislators campaign this fall about how THEY held the line and did not raise our taxes? Hah!



Here are the mushroom hunters in action. Still too much snow in the forests where we are likely to find morels.



But we found this



We were looking for this but did not find it.



Finished another puzzle. Michael is in the 5th grade in an Oregon grade school so maybe he should know his counties in Oregon. I know much more about Oregon counties now than I did a few days ago.

Got to go tie some flies and see how the Cubs are faring agaist the Braves. Hope the Twins slap another big loss on the Angels. The Mariners appear to have another anemic offensive team. Could be a long season. Maybe Cliff Lee and Eric Bedard will hit top form by mid-season, then the losses will be 1-0.

Papa Coyote moving on,