Donnerstag - Warmes Wetter (Thurs - Warm Weather)

Well another day of serving at Haus Edelweiss. Had to check of few more of the downspouts for clogs as more rain is forecasted for the coming week. After completing my ladder climbing chores I returned again to de-leafing the rocky waterfall area to allow the vines and ferns to spread and to help complete the beautiful effect it adds to the fishpond. Ron and another worker named Gene cleaning out the swimming pool the day before and it is now being filled with water. When we arrived here there was some nasty looking water in the bottom of the pool and they removed over 10 frogs and a salamander. By the way, I haven't come across and snakes yet working on the rocky waterfall area... thank God! They were hoping to get the waterfall running today, but Kevin who supervises our work said that the concrete & stone chase towards the top of the hill side where the water is pumped to start it on its way down to the pond has deteriorated. They are afraid too much water will runoff and never make it back to the pond. I have been asked to see if I could come up with some concrete repairs to fix some of the worst sections. That will have to wait until Monday. Friday we have the day off to go to Vienna. Everyone is looking forward to a break from the work routine and to be a tourist for awhile. After dinner and doing my dishwashing job we had a Vienna meeting. Later I Skyped Carrie, my daughter, and she is going to meet us in Vienna to help us find the huge Central Graveyard where famous people like Beethoven, Shubert, Brahms, Strauss, etc are buried. I'll let you know how the Vienna trip went in my next post.