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Show April FOCUS 6, 1981 30-Ma- y 3E Almanac To Every Season the western windows. A The wind is stiU singing batch of cookies is underthe barbed wire but through taken more for the incidental it doesn t carry the chilly warmth of the oven than for sting that it did a week ago. the end product Watching It is probably safe to bet that the 10:00 news though is a old man winter has retreated challenge. The house cools for the season. off quick ty until one of us The axe fhas lain unused mumbles casually Think we alongside what is left of the ought to build a fire?' Not woodpile for nearly a week. In our impatience to stop wanting to appear less hardy and. in the especially reluctant to stove, fires building renew the task of sawing, which has by now become a timeworn chore, we have chopping, hauling and tendevised a clever plan for ding. the answer is usually 'Naw, I think we can get by. beating the morning chill It is funny but perfectly the earliest Following rays of sun from window to window, - understandable that right now lighting a fire seems tike toast and coffee in hand, has become a sort of game until . a burdensome task yet in September it will be consi-finally we admit that it is dered a cosy delight. At the warmer outside than in and moment, we would 'rather' out to pursue projects mosey on the sunny east side of the dig for two or three hours in ' the garden than lift the axe house.. ; fix even a minute. . By fall I In the evening-thpattern is reversed : After the chilly guess, we will be just as shadows final drive us back . wiling to trade in the mower and the hoe for an hour with indoors, we find excuses to ; a chainsaw and a splitting bit last warmth the at of hog . - . maul To everything there is a season ... To everything, we are told, except Daylight Savings Time. There is much grumb- ling going on about the changing of the clocks, especially from those who are out in the milk bam long before the rest of us are out of bed. For us it is just a one night inconvenience giving rise to philosophical musings about the arbitrary nature of Father Time but to our neighboring farmers and ranchers Daylight Savings Time is a dam nuisance Worst mistake Nixon ever made. we are told. Considering the rest of Nixon's record we figure our neighbors are pretty serious. After giving their case some thought and after rising an i : April 30: Sunrise: 6:25 u.m. Sunset: 8:25 p.m. May 1: May Day May 3: New Moon Forecast: Clear and hot May Cold wave, rain May hour late ourselves and bemoaning the lost early daylight, we are forced to NC agree.' - 1-- 3: 4-- 6: THE 586 MAIN W ' m i M3y 1 -- May m ' Of 8 4 ; i 1; : i : tj ' A . .is, : 1 'SroR' 6 few fW-Ste- PARK CITY AttoriMi 0 ,, OFF EVERYTHING Draperies 20 Furniture 30 v. '"Wallcoverings 20 Glassware 1 5 Gourmet Items 20 Etc. Etc. Etc. mMmi |