The Watering Hole

Man I am so sore it hurts to breath! Laid up today for recovery after yard work. Installed new spark plugs and air filters in the mowers, resharpened the blades and greased 'em up. Carried the left rear wheel off of the 2009 mower and had a tube put in the tire. Bought five gallons of gas and one of two cycle fuel. Mowed and trimmed my place and Mom's, including trimming a bunch off of some of her hollies with the Stihl hedgecutter attachment. Had to rake and haul off tons of grass clippings, leaves, downed tree limbs, etc. Ran three tanks of fuel through the KM91R motor and used up three spools full of trimmer line. If Mom's neighbors hadn't mowed her yard the first time while I was all stove up from the car crash last month it would have been an utter disaster. Both of the old Craftsman mowers are still running well, worn but what we have.

Hauled off the busted coffee table from our daughters house and while I was there fixed their mailbox and post. Somebody had bumped it, knocking the post off plumb, loosening the box platform and damaged the plastic hinge pin on one side. I brought my big heavy tamping bar, some galvanized 16d nails and some zip ties and fixed all that. They had some cardboard boxes that needed hauled off too, always ordering something from Amazon. Tossed all of those and the coffee table frame on my burning pile and burned them.

After all that massively overdoing things for a couple of days it caught up with me and I'm paying the price for it. I could stand some of those opiods that I'm no longer allowed.

Hi everyone, busy day. I helped my brother with this the later part of the day.

Al the Infidel said:

6'H cedar privacy fence posts are only 2'D and the NE corner of the yard useta be swamp hence now a $$ leaning 8-9yr old fence towards the neighbor's garden. One could see the lean looking at the fence flat on 33yds away from the window. 5yrs ago? we dug out one side of the offending posts, pulled it straight and pounded metal fence posts down, screwed em to a couple of the cedar posts posts and filled in the gaps on the other sides of the posts with sand and pounded it in. As the water table is only 3'D in the spring on that corner of the 33ydx33yd yard the effort alas proved in vain.

2 weeks ago I hooked together a couple straps, including a cinch strap, to an eye bolt/screw on the post and tuther end around the biggest trunk of my 3 trunked apple tree and cinched it tight until I could hear the fence begin to protest while hoping wind action of the tree slightly swaying and the spring thaw would slowly work its magic. Today I cranked it guitar string tight while pulling the fence top 1.5" closer to 90º and the tree is showing no signs of splitting. 👍 Lawn cutter will have to duck the strap for a 1/2doz passes.

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ETA~ pic of correcting the now strapped fence 'leaning the wrong way'. No political content intended. ☺
The vertical green metal posts screwed to the cedar posts are 4'D and didn't keep the fence from leaning the wrong way again.

Did I miss the donuts?
Nuther dreary day with lots of rain last night. Flashes of light and roar of thunder accompanied the rain. Slept through it on the good ear. New ear drop prescription started yesterday afternoon. Difficult to watch through corner of eye to see the five drops drip in. Think my ear had smoke rolling out of it and smelt terrible.
Speaking of Smelt, sure could go for a bucket of Lake Superior Smelt. Foot long Smelt are caught regularly in Keweenaw Bay, L’Anse. Those would be great smoked as are Menominee. Whitefish smoked are just okay but the smaller Menominee and a sleeve of Ritz crackers and sharp cheddar are great traveling food.
Two days of warm enough weather to get the pups out to play. Breda sure is a great helper with the pups and loves her little brothers and sisters.