Patron Saints

Saint Vincent Ferrer

There are many, many saints so you can find one dedicated to just about anything. Wikipedia tells me that Saint Ferrer is the Patron Saint of Plumbers.  Considering the sewer project in the works, we want old Ferrer on our side. The digging gets started next Monday, and Phil plans to have the job done by the end of the week. 

In case you wondered, we don't have to move to Motel 6.  Apparently there will just be a few hours each day when we're forbidden to use the plumbing while they work.

We are in a rainy weather pattern, with heavy snow up in the mountains-- typical for December.  Today should be mostly dry and I want to get some light transplanting done (hollyhocks, that sort of thing) in the border along the fence where they will dig.  We're lucky the deep hole should miss our plum tree.  I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but we've never done a project here without some surprises. And not the happy kind of surprises.