that's funny Janet. About your water sensor. I would do the same, no doubt. I would love to have a heron in my garden. Do they do damage? I know they will get in ponds and eat fish but you don't have a pond so no problem there.
Sounds like you really roughed it growing up. Only coal heat in one room. Brrrrr. For a year or so when I was small we lived in a basement, all one room really, with an oil fired heater in the middle. Dad would turn it down at night then turn it up in the morning. Was pretty chilly. We would stand in front of it to get dressed for school. lol.
Glad you have nice warm home now.
Thanks Laurie. I am not as busy as I sound. Still have time to bake and read. I take frequent breaks also. Other wise the back just screams. We (DH and I) worked today and got most all the last minute stuff done in the yard and put the pond to bed. We are worried though as the big koi must have managed to jam himself into the cave at the bottom. We are worried 1) he won't be able to get out, and 2) he will prevent the other fish from getting out. So now I have to worry about that til net April when they usually come back out. I should have put a screen over the entry so he couldn't get in. We saw him with his head and part of his body in the cave entrance so figured that he couldn't get in. Guess he got desperate.
