WORKING AWAY

Our imitation cherry tree leafs out as blossoms disappear.

After the surprise freeze on Monday, we had two days of gusting wind while temps became warmer. Today is quite warm and breezy. The forecast is for continued warmth. 

I observed to myself today that a windy spring is not especially pretty. The blossoms are blown from the flowering trees before we can see them in their glory.

We seem to be in a holding pattern right now while we wait for the farmhouse repairs to be completed and the scheduled work to take place on the modular home. But that doesn’t mean things aren’t happening. 

Behind the shed

Mike works hard every day, though I’m not sure it’s interesting. He cleaned behind the shed, made a trip to the landfill with trash and debris from that spot, and then got a load of gravel which he spread preparatory to stacking wood there again.

As we commenced work on wood yesterday

Now we have commenced to cut and stack  the wood from the maple tree we cut down in our town yard during the winter. Mike is now in the process of splitting the larger pieces with his splitter. At noon he announced that he had completed his half day of work for today.

The woodpile as it appears now

I bought a 29-gallon “Miracle Gro” compost bin, a tumbler, which came in a flat box. I guess I missed the fact that it would have to be totally assembled, but I’m not sure that would have been a deterrent. Mike assembled it for me, and it wasn’t easy. It took both of us to snap the drum parts together, but we got it done and you can see it in the photos behind the wood.

Mike assembling the compost bin

Mike handles our business from his iPhone, meaning his phone gets a lot of use. Our iPhones 6S were 4 ½ years old, and Mike’s needed to be replaced, so – just to keep things equal, you know – we both got new iPhone SEs. The new phones work pretty much like the old phones except perhaps faster, maybe more memory, etc. The research and the purchase took time.

And, since we have this pending project to refresh the modular home, we have shopped for carpeting, paint, and furniture. We bought a dual recliner loveseat, and we’ve yet to decide on other furnishings. The old sofa and loveseat have to go. KW