Dear God: Bless them. Change me.
Another good weekend at home. I love being at home and “working” about the farm. I will have to make a plan to ensure that I can stay here when I retire and this means revisiting my spending, savings, support, and contributions behavior. Ben was very instructive on that point and for that, I am most grateful!
Megan and Dan came over and worked a bit on Friday as I had taken the day off. Dan did a nice job of putting down stone on the path through the woods and the spot he did looks the best (see below). He seems a natural with the front end loader. Megan took a shot at it as well but scared herself when the tractor almost tipped (bucket was too high). I did the same thing on Saturday – very scary. It looks like 2 of the 3 drainage pipes that Jim and I placed are good but the one closest to the back yard is too high and may have to be dug up and reset. Not an option I am looking forward to.
Jim Ward, the mason, stopped by on Saturday and will be giving me a quote to fix the front steps.
I caught another groundhog and relocated him to Pennsylvania. Then I stopped at the Stockton Farmers market and got all the makings for a fresh summer salad! I returned home and pruned and weeded the apple trees (avoided using Roundup even though it was a lot harder and it was hot out). Then I sprayed all the tree and watered the trees on trellis.
Had a very good chat with Ben, who provided me with my new mantra for August.
Dear God: Bless them. Change me.
Sat by the fire and got used to the sound of that.
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