When:  Late afternoon Tuesday – 2/13/2018
Weather: The sun was out with a slight breeze.  Temps in the high 40’s
Observations/Thoughts

Today’s walk was delayed due to life.  We are getting a new roof on our house.  When I came home from work, I was pleased to see the roof moving along nicely.  A leak in the garage was found to have a bad board above it.  The threat of rain kept the crew from tearing off the full roof at the beginning of the day.  it worked out fine.  They made excellent progress.  We are hoping it will only be a half day of work to complete tomorrow.

The bad part of the day was the possible intervention of the Home Owner’s Association.  The roof salesman assumed we didn’t live in an HOA.  As the roof started going on today, I found out we needed to get a form to the HOA 5 days prior to the job starting.  The form said “modification”.  I think, “How is a new roof a modification?”  Regardless, the roof salesman was a standup guy, he made a couple of calls and cleaned it up…I think.  It would have been rough if they had to stop action until approval.  The most relevant walk today didn’t take me anywhere.

After clearing this up, the neighborhood was all I had time for.  The only thing eventful was the dog walker.  When she was a 100 yards or so away, she switched sides of the street.  The sidewalk in a residential area is about 1/3 narrower than my regular path.  I will sometimes drop to the street and pass other pedestrians.  Today, I was glad to let her shift sides of the street.

Warmer weather coming, then colder again.  A small trip this weekend.  Maybe some interesting observations to come.