Tuesday August 1, 2006 6:20 am Lethbridge Alberta Sunrise 6:01 Sunset 9:14 Hours of daylight: 15:13

From rear window	South patio
Both images taken at 12:30 PM

A. Morning Musings

6:20 am It is + 6 C at the moment, with a forecast high of + 23 C. Another sunny day but the overnight lows are beginning to dip to single digits.

Chores: This looks like a good day to edge the front lawn. I have finally reduced the list of chores to just a couple of items.

Model Trains: Then I will see about wiring the Lower Mainline loop.

Literature: I should have little difficulty completing the third novel of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

I have just completed the summary for July chronology. Overall, it is about what I expected. The total has moved up slightly to 80 hours, but I anticipate this rising again over the next couple of months as the time taken on household chores should lessen considerably.Literature activities have remained constant at about 30 hours. The Model Trains has increased to 25 hours. The noticeable drops are for birding and for the amount of variety across the other activity categories.

B. Plan

Immediate
Health	Walk & exercise	1 hr
Chores	Edge front lawn along sidewalk	3 hr
Model Trains	Wire lower mainline track for a power block	1 hr
	Assemble wooden trestle kit	1 hr
Literature	Complete reading "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever: The Power That Preserves"	2 hr
Later
Chores	Repair grouting on a few kitchen tiles	1 hr
	Investigate water softeners for home	2 hr
Technology	Read manual for cell phone	1 hr
	add keywords to iPhoto records
	Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac"	2 hr
	Begin reading "iPhoto"	1 hr
	digital photography - learn about using the various manual settings
Mathematics	Larson "Calculus"
	Read "The Computational Beauty of Nature" Chap 2	1 hr
	Gardner "The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles"
History	Continue reading "Citizens"
	Watson "Ideas"
Model Trains	Add blue backdrop to layout	2 hr
	Cut oil tank berms from wood scraps
	Assemble second oil platform kit
	Review layout for under the table turnouts

C. Actual/Notes

3:00 PM Here are a few images of my efforts at trimming the front lawn.

Notice how far the lawn has overrun the sidewalk	Progress
The trench needs some fine sand to make it level with the sidewalk	Done

4:20 PM I have completed reading "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever: The Power That Preserves". Although I was slow to embrace the story, the final book made the trilogy worthwhile. I am glad I persevered.

5:30 PM The last hour was spent with my eyes closed while listening to music on my iPod. I must learn to do this more often.

D. Reflection