WENT OUTSIDE THIS MORNING AND SAW A '' DOUBLE RAINBOW " THEN NOT LONG THEREAFTER IT GOT COLD AND SNOWY. I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD AGREE, HOW FAST LIFE GOES BY AND HOW QUICKLY IT CAN CHANGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KEEP BUSY AND DO CONSTRUCTIVE THINGS. HOPEFULLY THIS STORY DOESN'T BECOME TOO DISJOINTED, I'M NO WRITER AND THANK GOODNESS FOR SPELL-CHECK. MOST OF WHAT I'M WRITING, I FEEL, TIES INTO THE STORY OR IS GIVING SOME HELPFUL BACKGROUND TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE STORY.
THROUGHOUT THE 90'S WE FINISHED THE HOUSE AND STARTED IMPROVING THE OUTSIDE. I ALSO HAD TO CONSTANTLY REPAIR THE DRIVEWAY-I DISCOVERED THAT FROM THE ROAD TO THE CIRCLE, WAS JUST A SINGLE LAYER OF ASPHALT. THIS SINGLE LAYER OF ASPHALT DID'NT HOLD UP REAL WELL AFTER CONCRETE WAS DELIVERED TWICE,PLUS BLOCK AND BRICK .
ONE DAY A NICE NEIGHBOR FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, STOPPED AND TALKED AS I WAS GETTING MAIL, AND SAID HOW NICE OUR PLACE WAS LOOKING, AND MORE PROFOUNDLY, " DON'T THINK PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE". INDEED IT WAS, THATS WHERE WE LIKED SPENDING OUR TIME AND WE ENJOYED DOING THINGS AT HOME. IN 1999 SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT WAS TO PLAY A SMALL PART AT THE TRAIL, AND YEARS LATER WOULD HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY BEHIND IT. WE GOT A BAD STORM AND WATER RAN DOWN EAST DONORA RD, DOWN OUR DRIVEWAY IN THE RUTS THAT WERE NOW IN OUR DRIVEWAY, AND CAUSED SOME MINOR DAMAGE. SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS WERE AFFECTED ALSO AND ONE VERY NICE NEIGHBOR AND I, WENT TO A TOWNSHIP MEETING TO HAVE A "ASPHALT BERM" PUT IN ALONG THE EDGE OF EAST DONORA RD. SHE DID ALL THE WORK, I JUST WENT ALONG FOR THE RIDE. BUT WHEN THE TOWNSHIP WAS PUTTING THE BERM IN I WAS ON MY DRIVEWAY WORKING AND THEY ASKED ,"DO YOU WANT IT FLATTENED DOWN IN FRONT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY", AND I SAID, "YES".
