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spacealien_vampThe big news for the canine department is that our supervisor has been promoted to a position at a different port and will be leaving in about three weeks. They haven't yet notified us who will be taking over as the canine supervisor. The airport is adding a few new flights from Germany and Japan starting this week. Not enough yet to cancel our Weather & Safety leave, but I'm sure business will ramp up as time goes on.
I got the bill for my FEMA flood insurance last week, and my eyes bugged out at the $3400 premium. I pulled out last year's to compare, and it was an increase of $235. I dug in my filing cabinet and found my first bill from when I bought my house back in 2011, and at the time it was $1800. So in the course of 9 years, without having made a single claim, my flood insurance nearly doubled. I spent some time making phone calls and ended up switching to a new provider that was willing to offer me essentially the same coverage for only $1300. I feel pretty good about that accomplishment, though I kinda wish I had thought to do it years ago.
Apricot season has started. Last year, my tree produced only a handful of fruit, and it all ended up going to the wildlife. This weekend I was able to harvest two large bowls of apricots. There are still a few more green ones on the tree that should ripen up in another week or so. Once I get all the fruit, I'm going to have to do a big pruning job on the tree, because a lot of the branches have gotten too tall to reach. Also this weekend, I froze several more quarts of rhubarb and canned several pints of mulberry juice.
The corn is three feet tall and starting to tassel. (It's a flour corn variety that never gets more than about four feet tall.) The beans are putting out flowers. Nothing from the tomatoes yet, as the largest is only about a foot tall right now, but the peppers are perking up with the recent warm weather. I ordered some shade cloth to protect my strawberries and other tender plants from the sun, but there was some kind of delay with the delivery, so I'll have to be extra vigilant about keeping everything well watered.
I got the bill for my FEMA flood insurance last week, and my eyes bugged out at the $3400 premium. I pulled out last year's to compare, and it was an increase of $235. I dug in my filing cabinet and found my first bill from when I bought my house back in 2011, and at the time it was $1800. So in the course of 9 years, without having made a single claim, my flood insurance nearly doubled. I spent some time making phone calls and ended up switching to a new provider that was willing to offer me essentially the same coverage for only $1300. I feel pretty good about that accomplishment, though I kinda wish I had thought to do it years ago.
Apricot season has started. Last year, my tree produced only a handful of fruit, and it all ended up going to the wildlife. This weekend I was able to harvest two large bowls of apricots. There are still a few more green ones on the tree that should ripen up in another week or so. Once I get all the fruit, I'm going to have to do a big pruning job on the tree, because a lot of the branches have gotten too tall to reach. Also this weekend, I froze several more quarts of rhubarb and canned several pints of mulberry juice.
The corn is three feet tall and starting to tassel. (It's a flour corn variety that never gets more than about four feet tall.) The beans are putting out flowers. Nothing from the tomatoes yet, as the largest is only about a foot tall right now, but the peppers are perking up with the recent warm weather. I ordered some shade cloth to protect my strawberries and other tender plants from the sun, but there was some kind of delay with the delivery, so I'll have to be extra vigilant about keeping everything well watered.
