Spring had sprung. For a day.

Got out of school, rolled down the windows and drove home.  Got home, saw the outdoor thermometer, February 22^nd and it’s 60° out there,

and I opened the windows to air out the house.

Winter is not my favorite season.  It’s cold.  Daylight is limited.  The house is all shuttered up and feels stale.

Spring is great, open the house air it out, days are longer and the temperature is all but perfect.

Summer is wonderful.  The swamp cooler runs 24/7.  The daylight is long and makes it almost to 10 PM.  Night temperatures are wonderful.

I love fall, except for it being the harbinger of winter.

But at least it is common in Utah to occasionally get these nice warm days during the winter so I can air out the house.

Ahhhhh, smells nice.

Jeddy bunny looging for a curbe?

Utah’s own Spiral Jetty.  Robert Smithson built it back in 1970, when The Great Salt Lake was at a low level, so it has spent about half it’s time submerged under water, depending on the lake level.

The Great Salt Lake has no outlet, it only loses water to evaporation, which is why it is so salty.  That also means that it’s level is highly dependent on the weather.  In the early 80’s they had to rebuild I-80 several times because the lake kept rising and covering it.

Here was a smaller rendition of it, or maybe some other form, that was made of rocks on the shore above the Jetty.

The Jetty is up on the north shore of the Great Salt Lake, just a few miles down a dirt road from Promontory Point, where the eastern railroad was first connected to the western railroads.  Writer and I went to see the reenactment there first, before venturing out to the Jetty.  There’s a lot of curves on a locomotive.

1 Dead Duck

Got up this morning and it was a little bit chilly out.

But I decided to go out and get some pictures of the Westminster construction, despite the cold, because of the new snow.

Then I went over to the park and saw the hill alive with sledders,

the birds flying,

the water flowing,

and the “High Water” sign still up, despite the level being well below normal.

I noticed the Animal Control vehicles driving around the park and finally meeting up in front of the pond.

I was hooked, curious about what was going on.  I watched as one guy grabbed a net and headed out to the center of the pond with a police officer.  The officer remained on solid ground,

while the animal control guy waded out into the muck and water, coming real close to slipping and falling a couple of times.

He reached out and scooped up a dead duck,

headed back to solid ground,

met up with the police officer,

and headed back to the vehicles.

What the deal with the dead duck was, I have no idea.  Why it took 3 Animal Control vehicles and one Police Officer, I don’t know.  I was freezing by this time, so I just headed home.

And saw this idiot driving up 1300 East on the way.

Seriously, dude.  You could have spent the extra 60 seconds and cleaned off your back window, it wouldn’t have killed you.

And I still have tomorrow off from school.  Nice day.

Another Facebook Find

I’ve seen a bunch of these “What _____ thinks” thingies, some of them are pretty funny.  This one hits home for me.

Saturday Centus–something new I’m trying.

I’ve been reading Karen’s entries over at her blog for a while and decided to try out this week’s:  Autobriefagraphical.

The rules are simple: I have to write an autobiography in exactly six words.  A picture is allowed, which of course I’m going to have one.  If you want to see more, or join in too, just click HERE.

Saturday Centus – Autobriefagraphical

MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH,
INSTEAD OF SAD.