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Wave Without A Shore

But next Saturday is forecast to be partly cloudy and a high of 72. Crossing fingers this is the case. We could also do with mild wind.

The mudroom. The catch-all for all the construction, the spare pumps, the tool chest and the dreaded black drawered cabinet that was supposedly for office stuff, but that was (being metal) just the thing for odd bits of the sprinkler system, staplers, glue, wiring...

From Jane: We just had this wonderful idea! We were going to set up a table with a "guest book" that Wiishu will man (basically a single sheet of paper :D) and put pics of all our in absentia family on it. Thinking last night of all the people we'd love to have...

The Announcement It's there!

The Announcement It's there!

...after yanking that hops vine I planted. Lord! They make a beautiful shade, but they are not friendly to touch and they grow like mad here in Washington. We had to yank Audrey's butt before she ate the gazebo... and after Jane ripped up both arms yanking that, and...

...after yanking that hops vine I planted. Lord! They make a beautiful shade, but they are not friendly to touch and they grow like mad here in Washington. We had to yank Audrey's butt before she ate the gazebo... and after Jane ripped up both arms yanking that, and...

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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...

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 produce...

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 available...

Home Depot screwed up the order and shorted us a panel and a post-cap. We know darned well what was ordered, and we back our fence guy on that one. On the other hand, it's gorgeous. Everything we hoped for in looks.