50F. this morning for our Low. 73F today for our High. I got a bunch of filings done today, and started on soldering up Arleens' door panel. Tom the Cabinet Maker came by today with a prototype profile of some trim molding. We decided on an Ash that is stain grade. He promised delivery by Thursday.

A Plamdale resident (Linda) came by to report a Panther sighting. Apparently, there is a female with some cubs wondering around town. The Postmistress claims to have seen the Big Cat cross between us and the post office, moving from the Hammock behind us, across Broadway, towards Miss Molly's. This is the second time this year that we have heard first hand accounts of a sighting. Big News, that.

I took my truck into town for tires and an electrical correction issue. Sherry followed me in, and we went shopping. When we got back home, there was a big old Tom Turkey in the yard. He had quite a long beard. These are Osceola Turkeys, indicative to Florida. This will be the first Turkey we have seen in town. We have spied many along the creek, when we are in the boat, but never here in town, much less in our back yard. This is one for the book!

As an aside, during the soldering up of Arleens door panel, three of the four rondells fractured. I do not know why this happened, but it costs close to four hours. I had to cut and grind new rondells, clean out the kiln, pound up some dichroic frit, arrange the rondells, and begin the firing process. In addition to all of this, I will have to break out the fractured rondells, clean out the foil, and begin all over again. And so it goes...Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.