[Eoscstudents] Menu for Mon. April 11

[Rhoda Watkins]

Hi folks,

Wow, it was wonderful to get some rain last night, (about 2.4 inches 
according to the weather reports)!  The little creek at the foot of our 
hill was just a mud puddle yesterday, but now it looks like an actual 
flowing creek again!  This should bring back lots of trees and other 
plants from the brink of death by drought, and lessen the fire danger in 
the area, too.  There was actually a fairly large fire on our land last 
week and we didn't even know about it until two days later!  My daughter 
and I had walked out to the pond one evening last week and everything 
was perfectly normal, then I walked out a couple of evenings later and 
there had been a bulldozer through, tearing a trail right around the far 
end of our pond and down into the woods.  I thought we'd been vandalized 
at first, then I noticed the blackened debris and ash on the ground and 
determined that there had been a fire that had burned across part of our 
land, and the bulldozer trail was made to cut off the fire from the rest 
of the woods.  Thankfully, it wasn't anywhere near our house, and it 
looks like it didn't take down any big trees, but it did burn everything 
on the ground in a fair sized area.  I'm sure someone thought they could 
just burn a little trash and it wouldn't get away from them, but even 
thought you keep the fire on the ground contained, the sparks can fly 
off and ignite a fire in a whole other area.  Even though we have now 
had some rain, you should check with local law enforcement to see if 
we're still under a burn ban before you start a fire outside.  You never 
know where it may end up!

Our menu for today includes:
            Hamburger steak
            Mashed potatoes and brown gravy
            Corn
            Green beans
            Winter blend vegetables
             Fresh spinach
             Hot rolls
And for dessert, try some Pineapple Upside Down Cake.

Have a great day at Eastern,

Rhoda    :-)
      


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