Nancy Davison (Boerger)
We are so sorry, Pat, that you have lost your true love, and we hope that many wonderful memories are helping to take away some of the sadness. The longer and sunnier days of spring may help a little as well.
Our biggest harbinger of spring came early this year - the breakup of the ice on the lake, which usually comes around mid-April. Shortly before that we had great entertainment to view from our living room, as our neighbor and his dog managed to fall through the ice on his ATV. Karsten saw him go down, but didn't call 911 because the hapless driver (and dog) managed to hop right out onto the ice. The next four hours brought a collection of neighborhood trucks to our driveway, carrying all the "advisors" who came to assess the situation and offer support. Many helpers, lots of ropes, and a chain saw to remove ice resulted in rescuing the vehicle and saving the DNR the trouble of fining our neighbor. Silly fellow, he grew up on this lake and should have known better. Every swimmer in our family knows there's a spring right there, which - of course - means thinner ice.
We're both recovering from winter ailments (influenza A for me, Covid for Karsten) and looking forward to getting back to the garden, boats, and arrival of the kids. Some warm weather lulled us into complacency, but not enough to take the plow off of the John Deere and replace it with blades for summer (good job, Karsten). One more big snow dump made that a wise choice.
We hope all of our classmates are well and enjoying life in the peaceful and quiet way we find so appealing these days.
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