Kevin Standlee: Fandom Is My Way of Life

We have a few days of weather conducive to working on the East Lot, so yesterday evening, Lisa broke out the extension cords and an electric saw to tackle some tree trimming.

( Low Hanging Branches )

Today, I got enough weeds cleared along the fence diving the the two lots that I could take the wheelbarrow all the way through. I forgot to get a picture of it before I started, but a massive amount of brush and weeds had grown up during the summer around the utility trailer, which we will need to (I hope) get pallets of Press-to-Logs from Big R. I spent and hour or so hacking away at the weeds, filling the wheelbarrow, and hauling it to the every-growing brush pile. Now I need to go remember to go buy a burn permit. Who knows? We might even have an opportunity to burn brush before spring.

As I mentioned, yesterday was a relatively pleasant day, and we got a lot of field clearance accomplished.

( Dig Them Weeds )

I'm really glad that Steve was able to get the chimney cleaned yesterday, because a storm blew through overnight with plenty of wind and a lot of icy rain mixed with snow. Thanks to the time change, I woke up ahead of my alarm this morning, even though I had to be up earlier than usual to substitute for a co-worker who is off today and tomorrow, and the wind was howling. I was once again glad that my commute to work is just a few meters from the bedroom to the living room.

Things cleared up later in the morning, and I went outside to make sure we took no harm from the wind. As it happens, what looks like a useful tarp blew into the front yard, so I folded it up and stored it away out of the wind. Otherwise, there was nothing serious changed due to the storm. Tonight and tomorrow there is supposed to be enough snow for some of it to stick for a while. I hope that means there is a lot of snow falling in the mountains, because we need all the snow we can get up there.