Warm weather has persisted well into December, as have the ticks. It was near 60 both days, gray and drizzling on the way out and extremely foggy Saturday morning. Luckily we had received a nice rain on Monday, I guessed about an inch. Regarding the ticks, I picked one off of me and Tender continues to pick them up. We should not have stopped his Advantix II for the winter.
Lopping
We were late getting out, so I had little daylight left Friday. I took my loppers and cut 100+ cedars below the barn before it got too dark. It will be nice when the days start growing.
Meter Reader Hit Pine
We walked up the road Saturday morning and I took a closer look at this tree. I had noticed it the last couple of trips out, and sure enough someone had run off the road and pushed it over. Carroll Electric and their meter reader are the only other ones with a key, so I figure it must have been the meter reader. What the heck was he smoking! I'm glad he didn't run off the other side of the road and end up in the ravine.
I came back with a hand saw and my loppers later. I cut up through the woods and lopped over a hundred cedars before I got to the pine. I cut it with the saw and went ahead and thinned out the other small pines growing up along the road. I then proceeded through the upper field to the south where we are letting the trees grow up, and then came back down the hill jsut above the swing. I ended up lopping and cutting over 500 cedars. Using the saw I was able to get many of the larger ones I'd skipped in previous expeditions.
Happy Face
While coming down the road on our morning walk, I noticed this patch of bright blue showing from underneath some leaves and pine straw right beside the road. Look what I pulled out, some kids toy figure/puppet/whatever. Sally wouldn't let me keep it to play with, so I just hung it in a tree near where I found it.
Fence Repair
When I was trimming the honey suckle a few weeks back, the ladder tipped with me on it and I fell into the fence between the garage and the porch. The porch side broke loose, so I finally got around to fixing it. I have a stump in the corner by the porch I sit on to take off my boots if they are muddy. It was in the way and had to be scooted to the side. Underneath I found this tarantula nested in a hole he/she had dug out. Funny that all these doodle bugs were all curled up beside it. I guess they will be keeping each other warm throughout the winter. I carefully replaced the stump when I was done. Tarantula's don't bother me.
Walnuts
I built a wood frame with a chicken wire bottom to shake my walnuts in with the intent of removing some of the loose hull and grit from their outside. It didn't work. They were still surprisingly moist, and I hope it works better later after they have dried out more. The few I cracked were also still too moist inside. The darn things are just too small this year as well.
Wedding Signs
For the third or fourth time I re-hung the wedding signs. Either the wire breaks or the nails or hooks into the boards break off. The wind tosses them around too much. Staying up one day, no problem. To keep them up for months I need a different approach. This may the last time.
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