The rural life...

[curmugeon]

Things are different here. The sky is hazy today, I can't see my favorite mountain  from my deck.

Speaking of the deck, I am considering that I have some work to do on the deck before the rainy/snowy season is upon us. I need to take up the deck itself, tighten the base framework, and re-attach the planks after turning the weathered side down. This time I'll use deck screws to anchor the planks.

The mobile home here needs re-leveling. I'm going to replace the skirting too. I need to build a new read deck, as the termites have taken their toll on the support timbers.

I need to remove and re-set the base for the flag pole after it was hit by a truck turning around in the yard.  I got to do a lot of soaking before taking a shovel to dig down three feet around the concrete base.

I got a lot of things to do. boredom is not allowed, yet procrastination does sometimes rule.

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Oh, before the 'rainy season' I plan on having a rain barrel or two for drip irrigation of some trees. I also plan to re-route the washing machine outlet hose to another pipe, then to another poly barrel for gray water irrigation. Water is a scarce commodity her, I pump from over 300 feet down, so every drop counts. I'm disassembling one old compost bin and relocating it to become a compost/worm bed.

Right now my time is devoted to two small puppies the mom abandoned, so it is feeding time every 2-3 hours, 24/7. Some things are now on hold.