Owie, owie, owie…

Yard work. I whacked up some more of the hawthorn branches. Loppers and chainsaw. WHich had my back protesting Jane and I sat in the dirt, extricated river rocks (largish) that the fence crew had buried under excavated dirt. We flung the big ones into the lotus pond...

Got myself a chainsaw…

Poulan is offering a little electric for 50.00 that’s big enough for normal householder purposes. Suits me fine. The fence job left us some fairly large branches that need dicing up; and rather than hand-saw them, the little chainsaw does nicely. Hawthorne can...

Spent yesterday afternoon stupid…

We went over to Atkins shakes for breakfast because our standard was just a bit heavy on the fat; and a trip to Walmart after some necessaries (I hate shopping at Walmart, partly for ethical reasons) produced some chocolate mocha shakes that haven’t been...

And a happy Easter to all…

We’re kind of stuck here waiting for fence to happen [Monday]…and we’re still on the Forever Diet, [but 40 lbs lighter than last year!] but— Who knows? We might get something special for dinner. Or something. I’ll have to see the cook...

Alas, no fence today.

Jane was up at 6, preparing, taking down tarp, raking, prepping. I helped at 7. By nine we were waiting… But we got a call from the fence guys: they’re in high wind, and wind is coming. This means no fence can be set. Sigh. So we get fence on Monday. We...