My ultimate professional goal is to have an office where nobody but me can see my computer screen.

So much to write, so little energy for writing it.
I'll start at the top and see how far I get. If I stop mid-way you'll never know, will you?!

This morning I drove 90 minutes north to a tiny town up in the high desert. Clarkdale dates back to the late 1800's but I have no idea why. Nothing up there, except....

I gave him a deposit and will go back Monday morning to bring it home. It's a 1962 Beetle that he found in a barn near Sedona where it had been sitting since 1981. I paid a very fair price for a car with no rust and almost all the original parts intact. Those hubcaps? Original, a very rare thing.

Don't worry, the headlight buckets are inside the car because they're often stolen. The left rear fender will need to be replaced but everything else is there and the vast majority of it can be restored to original condition. This will be a frame-off project. That is, I'll take everything completely apart, give it whatever attention it needs, paint it and then put it all back together. I figure 3-5 years of work. It won't be concours condition (top of the show category) because I have neither the skill nor the $$$$$ for that, but my goal is to get as near to original condition as is reasonable. This is as much about the journey as the destination but the end result should be pretty nice.

The 90-minute drive up was matched by a 3.5 hour drive back, thanks to a crash on I-17 where it goes through the canyons. A semi driver who had been on the road for 17 hours rolled his truck and the trailer with 34 cows inside. Most were killed, more had to be put down. The driver wasn't hurt but he's in a LOT of trouble. When I went through the backup was probably about 7 miles long. Most of us got out of our vehicles and sat on the guard rail because both lanes were completely stopped. I think it took me two hours to go that 7 miles. On the news just now they said the wreck still isn't cleared and the backup is now 10 miles.

We got out of our vehicles because it was hot. We hit 100 degrees here, setting a record for this date and making this the second earliest triple-digit day in history.

Once home I finished up the pond. Before I left for MI I put in the liner and filled it:It's now ready for lilies which I think will go in early next week. Maybe Sunday. (Yeah, one of the caps broke. I need to get a new one.)

Then I dead-headed the roses which went crazy while I was gone.This one is Pam's favorite:But I prefer the deep red of this bush:

The iris are also doing well. Most are 8-10" high. I'll get pics when they've blossomed.

At this point I really intended to write a review of the Pastor's Conference I attended earlier this week but I'm crashing. Anybody have any ice cream? I need ice cream!