February 20

Howard pulled out everything that was left in the garden last week and then he tilled and tilled and tilled.  When it was all full and stirred up, he started dumping water in there.  He’s been flooding for three days now and it’s a swamp.  He’s thinking he might have it tested after it dries out.  He’s also thinking of planting the peas as soon as it dries out.  It’ll probably take a week...........if he ever stops flooding it, that is.

We went to Elephant Butte today.  It was a perfect day for fishing---not a cloud in the sky, not even the slightest breeze, and it was in the mid 60s. The water by the bluffs was a balmy 55 degrees. There were LOTS of fish.  What’s wrong with this picture??? Well, they elected to stay on the bottom talking or smoking or screwing or whatever else they were doing, and we never did get even one bite.