Sally was in Chicago, so it was just Tender and I. It was a beautiful weekend with the trees beginning to turn, moderate temperatures (70, 42, 72), and dry. The house was confortable at about 65 -- I never turned either heater up. There were 4 drops in the rain gauge. Since we had had our first frost, I decided to go ahead and retire the glass rain gauge for the season.
For Sale
I checked the brochure box on the way in, and there were still plenty of flyers. The dampness however made many of them limp and curl. I think I will get some more printed on heavier paper. I had one showing on Saturday and another on Sunday. Interesting that the two parties that looked first were interested in it as a full time residence, while it would be of occasional use by both parties looking this weekend. The first fellow lives just a few miles down the road, but is looking for someplace for out of town family to stay when visiting. The other couple are from Bentonville and are looking for a weekend place similar to the way we use it. The first fellow looked around the house and the barn and was gone in 30 minutes. The couple walked to the spring and barn after checking out the view out back and the house, and then we drove down to the pond. We even hiked up to the cave. They stopped on the way out to get some pictures and walked over by the swing.
Boards for Chris
Chris' ramp up into his shed has rotted out, so I offered to cut him some boards from the many scraps I have in the barn. He wanted it 4' x 4', but with one long board being 1/4 inch short, I cut them 3'11 7/8" inches. There is a variety of 2 bys from 10 inches down to 4 inches. I hauled them back with a load of fire wood for the house.
Burn
I burned the limbs and wood scraps piled up at the fire pit. Sunday I shoveled out and spread all the ashes that had built up.
Stain Door to Attic
When we bought the place we found a hole into the attic from the living room. Eddie and Virginia had had an elk hide strung across it. Surprise! I framed it in and put a door on it, which has looked fine, except it was never stained. (Sally did not want me to bother.) After using the Flood CWF cedar tone on the replacement window (and it working out so well), I decided to use it on this door as well. I like the way it came out, and it didn't take 30 minutes.
Bake Cookies
I made some yummy oatmeal black walnut cookies Saturday night. The first batch was extremely crumbly, so I added a second egg and then they were easier to form. They still turned out crumbly, but very good.
Garden
I pulled up the rest of the dead squash plants and pulled off about 6 more butternuts. I do not think Sally will want them though because they still seem a bit green. There was not enough chard or kale to bother picking. I did have some summer spinach with my eggs, garlic and onion Sunday morning. I did a little weeding, emptied the one rain barrel still with water on it, and then watered with the hose before leaving.
Lop Scrubs
Looking up the hill at the little trees growing out back, I decided to lop them off and open up the view up into the woods. It did not take long. I then drug them up to the fire pit and lopped off all the limbs and cut up the bigger pieces. They will just need to dry out a bit before burning.
Pickup Black Walnuts
The tree out back where we set up the hammock is just loaded this year. Most of them fall down the bluff and behind the barn. I stomped, rolled, and picked up about half a bucket of nuts from around the house -- most of which came from behind the barn. That was Saturday. Sunday I drove down and got a whole bucket from the tree at the confluence of the creeks, and left a ton more. What a year for black walnuts.
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