Happy Birthday Solar PV System!

It’s been one year now since we started producing solar power and I am happy to report that for the year ending May 31, 2005 we were able to finish the year with a surplus. In other words we produced more power than we consumed. Granted, the house is not fully...

You’ve Got to be Kitten

Mom with her day-old kitties Well, I guess the top headline for this journal entry has to be about four newborn kitties. The kittens were born during the weekend of May 14-15. One of them is mostly black, another a mottled-black brown, a gray and a calico. They all...

Brown Spring

Something isn’t right—not all the trees are green. As I was driving down the road toward the house yesterday evening, the bluffs were illuminated by the setting sun. I was amazed at how red the bluffs looked. At first, I thought that the sun must be quite red,...

Earth Day

Earth Day Hybrid Celebration This past Friday was Earth Day and thanks to Chris Schneider at Honda Motorwerks of La Crosse, it was quite a fun day. Chris is quite an advocate for hybrid vehicles and every Earth Day he invites hybrid owners to join a “road...