A rare day

Sharleen taking a day off occurs rarely. But she did just that last Wednesday and we made the most of it.

We spent most of the day purchasing needed items for the house. The most important was, in anticipation of the arrival of our new bedroom furniture within a month, a queen size mattress and box springs and sheets. Now, with one big exception, we are ready for that bedroom furniture to arrive. The big exception is we have no lamps or overhead light for that room.  We do have multiple flashlights and a lantern.

Returning home from our excursion we found a delivered package containing Sharleen’s newly ordered binoculars. With their arrival we are ready for our trip west on the 15^th of March for Sandhills crane watching. That trip has both of us excited.

I am also excited about recent deer tracks in the snow and a new identified bird species, a White-Breasted Nuthatch.

Since then

Since posting “Stay Tuned” I have visited the Nebraska History Museum to take in the exhibit about Nebraska’s involvement in early aviation.

I was disappointed.

Learning Charles Lindbergh took flying lessons in Lincoln was interesting. So too was learning Lincoln was home to several airplane manufacturers (none of which survived). But the small exhibit was mostly text, photographs and posters. Physical pieces from the period were few and limited to such things as flying caps, jackets and goggles.

Much more fascinating was an exhibit about Nebraska’s participation in World War II. The exhibit occupies more than one-half of one of the museum’s floors. This exhibit is, in today’s parlance, multi-media utilizing a slide show, photographs and actual radio broadcasts to present Nebraska’s place in the war effort. Period pieces include weapons, uniforms, a military motorcycle and both military and government documents. They are an excellent complement to the “presentation” components and the exhibit is one I can heartily recommend.