Hello Everybody (I guess that's Ally & Jun)

We're finally starting to see some nice weather here. We've had a few nice days scattered between a lot of cool, gloomy days and some really wicked weather -- I spent Monday morning waiting in the lobby for the all clear from a tornado watch. I was surprised to find that the pear trees and daffodils had survived the heavy rain and high winds and took some pictures on Tuesday. (Click
HERE for a look at them).

This weekend promises to be nice and Nancy and I are planning to get out; maybe spend some time poking around the stores on the square. There are some beautiful buildings there and I've been wanting to get some pictures.

Occasionally I start thinking of these buildings as “old” then I remember my time in Europe. I once hit an apple tree with my tank and later found out that the tree had been around longer than the United States had been a country. The farm the tree was on has been in the same family for centuries.

Americans babble on about “culture” and “tradition” and “history” -- I’ve walked on cobblestones that were old before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock and visited castles that had been destroyed before Christopher Columbus was born. I am awed at how “new” this country is compared to England, Europe and Japan.

I’ll try to write more later – right now I need to hit the sack.