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Normally I would save this type of information for Friday's Favorites but I thought it deserved a post of its own.

Victor Kaufmann is an 85 year old gentleman living in the state of Washington.  Ten years ago, concerned with the sad state of affairs our planet is in, he set a goal to plant 10,000 trees on his barren piece of land.   He has almost reached this goal, planting each tree, one at a time.

His grand-daughter Sarah Berkovich and her classmate at Emerson College, Sarah Ginsburg, decided to give voice to his project by means of a documentary. 

Victor is nearing the end of his goal and the Sarahs are raising money in order to fund a documentary they want to make on his story.  They are hoping that Victor's passion will inspire us to take a look at how we are treating our planet and what contributions, however small they may seem, can have a lasting impact.

In order to get the documentary made they are raising funds through their webpage:

10,000 Trees:  Help a short documentary grow tall

Donating couldn't be easier – they have it set up through Amazon.  They are almost halfway to their modest goal of raising $5,000.  Even a small donation will help them reach that goal.

I know that I, for one, want to hear the rest of Victor's story and see that final tree planted.  What an amazing man.

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Happy Monday everyone.  I hope you all had a splendid weekend.  Mine was one of those delightful ones without any plans or direction. 

I slept in like a teenager.  Made Flan (disaster).  Watched Mad Men.  Went out for dinner.  Went to a Home & Garden show. 

Pretty much nothing productive happened.  Except cleaning out the chicken palace.  Going to the Home & Garden show was fun.  We actually had an agenda.  We wanted to talk to decking people, retaining wall people and fireplace people. 

We have a beautiful fireplace in our bedroom that needs some attention.  We never use it because it smokes plus it has an unfinished look to it.  Since it is in our bedroom it is really just for ambiance.  It's a wood burning fireplace but has gas running to it to help start the fire. 

What we want is to just put a fake log in there and put on a glass door to finish it off.  Every fireplace person we talked to launches into a fireplace insert, btu's, direct vent vs. natural vent, blah blah blah.   Blah to the tune of $2,000.00 or more.

We finally found a vendor that is conveniently located to us and when we told her what we were looking for she said "Well – that's easy.  You just need a log and door."  

I'll save the decking and retaining wall discussions for another post or two. 

Oh – we watched Ondine over the weekend too.  Filmed on the South-East coast of Ireland.  You feel like you are really there.  It's hard to explain the plot except that it is part fairy-tale, part gritty, realistic view of what it's like to be an Irish fisherman.   You never quite know what is real and what is fantasy in the movie.

 

I am sitting in the Sutter Hospital waiting room.  Nothing alarming.  Rick is having an MRI under anesthesia and I'm hanging out in the waiting room.

Why are all waiting rooms just so dismal? 

I do thank them for the free WIFI.  So you get an up to the minute update on my life.  I know – try to contain yourself.

Rick is one of those eternally fit people.  He has been working out since he was in his early 20's.  He has had three knee surgeries, two wrist surgeries, elbow surgery and shoulder surgery.  This MRI is to check out his other shoulder.

I would say this is proof positive that working out doesn't pay off in the long run.  We might as well just sit on the coach and watch TV.

Well that's all I got.  Thanks for sitting here with me.

Update:  Diagnosis – torn rotator cuff.