Loose Piece of Tin on Shed Roof

December 28, 2024 With all the rain, some wind blew past as well. Thursday night, Nox was making a racket, whining and crying, so Bruce got up to see if she needed to go out. Lucky me, I slept through the racket. Bruce took Nox outside and she did need to go out. Bruce said […]

Using New Yard Tools

December 20, 2024 Today was cold; it only got up to 45 degrees F. It was windy, eight miles an hour with gusts up to 20 miles an hour. The wind and humidity made if feel a lot colder. The high of the day was early, around 9:00 AM. The wind blew in colder weather. […]

Putting Together the Leaf Sweeper

December 17, 2024 We ordered a leaf sweeper to tow behind the mower from Amazon. It arrived yesterday and we spent this evening putting it together. It was more complicated to put together than the cart. Ready to try out when the leaves dry out!

Putting Together the Yard Cart

December 17, 2024 On Sunday (December 15), the cart Bruce ordered from Amazon arrived in a large box. This cart is to pull behind the lawnmower. We wanted a light weight plastic cart to give us more towing capacity with the mower. The metal carts are so heavy that we wouldn’t be able to carry […]

Bruce Uses the New Electric Chainsaw

December 17, 2024 On December 15, we headed out to Lowe’s and then Home Depot. Bruce wanted to get a hard hat with a face shield for using his new electric chainsaw. He also needed to get some oil for the chainsaw bar. We were able to find the oil at Lowe’s, but Lowe’s didn’t […]

Clearing Out Privet Bushes and Removing a Fence

December 14, 2024 Yesterday (December 13), we decided to tackle the corner with fenced trees. I wanted to bring this part of the back pasture into the main backyard. It would bring trees into to backyard. I took some before and after pictures Yesterday, Bruce started by using a Kaiser blade to cut through the […]

Clearing Some of the Fence

November 24, 2024 We’ve got a section of the fence that is very overgrown with blackberry canes, honeysuckle, an oak, an ornamental flowering pear, privet and the dreaded poison ivy. To get to the poison ivy, I decided to start cutting down the other plants on the fence. I used the sawzall to cut through […]

Cows and Donkeys Next Door

October 29, 2024 Bruce was out mowing the back pasture yesterday when our neighbors’ cows and donkeys were close to our fence. At the same time, I was outside weeding one of the flowerbeds that came with the house. Nox was just hanging out with me. The flowerbed has daylilies and what I believe to […]

New Mail Box Installed

October 6, 2024 We headed over to the house this morning, after taking Nox for a walk. Nox came with us to the house today. Bruce wanted towels at the house, so I grabbed a set of towels to bring, as well as soap, shampoo and conditioner. Nox walked with Bruce and me to the […]