White Water-Crowfoot

Most of the first spring flowers are very small, but when you 'blow them up' they're always quite stunning ..

I find new ones everyday at the moment, probably due to the beautiful weather we're enjoying. Temperatures are as high as 70F and the winds not as bad as they used to be.

  

 Prairie Stars and Creeping Flox

I always have to touch these velvety soft leaves of the Wooly Mullein, soooo soft!

Wrens are so darn cute, I think this is a Canyon Wren ..

As far as the job goes, after much deliberation .. James has brought the guys back. 
It's been 10 days, everybody is still healthy and we still only have 2 cases in the county, so we'll take our chances!
They've all sworn to keep a low profile .. time will tell if this was a very dumb move ..

OK, let's see, this was about how I ended the last post, the whole place looking this kind of sickly green:

James biggest concern right now, is keeping the seeds moist so they'll germinate.
He has finagled (he's good at that) a sprinkler-system together:

 

He placed a water tank in the truck-bed and attached a sprinkler-system pump to it. With help of the generator this now pumps water either to a sprinkler-head attached to a water hose, or to a man-held hose (where the system can't reach). 

One of the guys will be on sprinkler-duty for 2 weeks, moving the heads and spraying by hand. It takes 2 days to do a full go-around, and than you start all over again.

It would help of course if it would rain. Unfortunately there's not much in the forecast, but we're keeping our fingers crossed.

The seeds should germ in about 4-7 days. We'll see ..

The rest of the crew worked on getting the last of the framing done to get the roof ready for sheeting .. 

We were very surprised (but elated), to find out that the Grangeville Country and Golf Club opened as scheduled on the first of April!

Apparently golf is an outdoor activity permitted by the self isolation order, if done in compliance with Social Distancing Requirements

Unlike in Boise, where they closed all golf courses, they decided to open and see how it goes ..

The restaurant is closed and you pay by putting the green fees through the slot of a mailbox that they nailed on the tree at the first tee.
You're not supposed to touch the flag, as in, not pulling it out, and they put a little piece of foam in the hole, so you don't need to dig deep for your ball and touch anything.

They had planned to bring a food truck on the premises this year, and of course in the current circumstances that has turned out to be a perfect move, since food trucks are exempt from the restaurant closures.
This one serves hamburgers, hot dogs and, best of all, street Tacos!
Guess what we're having next time?

And that was another week in this strange new world of Covid-19. Like I said, not much has changed for us but places like New York, Los Angeles and New Orleans are being hit hard and fast. 

So many deaths .. it's mind-boggling ..