Monday, April 07, 2008
Sunday in the woods
More morel hunting yesterday but later online research indicates we need some more warm days before they will pop. So, maybe next weekend will be a fruitful harvest of morels.
I spent a few hours at the humane society again. The university's biology club was there to walk dogs and play with the animals - it was a great day to get them outside. I also helped the shelter put their upcoming mall adoption dates on their website. Hopefully these will be more and more successful when people see these great animals just looking for a home. Andy, the Cairn Terrier, let me sit and pet him for awhile although he didn't want to know he liked me. Most impressive, however, was Dr. Pepper's peering out at me when I was sitting with several groups of dogs in the middle glassed in area between the main office and the kennels. I asked Aaron about getting Dr. Pepper out and he said he had probably been overstimulated already. But, just before I left, Dr. Pepper let me pet him through the kennel gate door. What a sweetie.
It was also a great day to do some outdoor work so I mowed for the first time and took my second big stab at the heavy duty blade weedeating along the back fenceline. My second trip to get gas (this time for the weedeater) proved to be very beneficial as I ran into my plumber who was able to get me connected on some other repair problems I'm dealing with. He does a great job - he sends people in an emergency right away and, in return, I give him a window of opportunity when I do things like poor a burned batch of candy I'm making down the sink and ruin the garbage disposal (at least it was 15 years old and not brand new).
This morning has been spent grading given that I am apparently not enticing the grading fairy to show up.
P.S. I'm actually beginning to feel like I have actual weekends like the real world and don't feel overwhelmed with working the whole time (although grading was bearing down on me - but everyone needs occasional breaks - esp. given the breakneck pace of last week. . or it could just be because weekends are a normal expectation of a working adult . .. ;-) )
I spent a few hours at the humane society again. The university's biology club was there to walk dogs and play with the animals - it was a great day to get them outside. I also helped the shelter put their upcoming mall adoption dates on their website. Hopefully these will be more and more successful when people see these great animals just looking for a home. Andy, the Cairn Terrier, let me sit and pet him for awhile although he didn't want to know he liked me. Most impressive, however, was Dr. Pepper's peering out at me when I was sitting with several groups of dogs in the middle glassed in area between the main office and the kennels. I asked Aaron about getting Dr. Pepper out and he said he had probably been overstimulated already. But, just before I left, Dr. Pepper let me pet him through the kennel gate door. What a sweetie.
It was also a great day to do some outdoor work so I mowed for the first time and took my second big stab at the heavy duty blade weedeating along the back fenceline. My second trip to get gas (this time for the weedeater) proved to be very beneficial as I ran into my plumber who was able to get me connected on some other repair problems I'm dealing with. He does a great job - he sends people in an emergency right away and, in return, I give him a window of opportunity when I do things like poor a burned batch of candy I'm making down the sink and ruin the garbage disposal (at least it was 15 years old and not brand new).
This morning has been spent grading given that I am apparently not enticing the grading fairy to show up.
P.S. I'm actually beginning to feel like I have actual weekends like the real world and don't feel overwhelmed with working the whole time (although grading was bearing down on me - but everyone needs occasional breaks - esp. given the breakneck pace of last week. . or it could just be because weekends are a normal expectation of a working adult . .. ;-) )
Labels: animal shelters, dogs, farm, humane society, hunting, lawn, morel, mowing, mushroms, resuce dogs, weedeating, woods
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Saturday morning
Finally made it back to the farm yesterday and the landscaping progress looks good. This is the 4th and hopefully last time. And we have some of the drainage issues figured out which should mean I'll have to bring no more dirt to the farm. But it is good dirt and better than the clay we would have gotten from the field.
Some friends of my brother are coming over to hunt today and luckily the rain forecast didn't come to fruition. I'm going to bake an apple pie this morning (think breakfast!) and get another presentation ready and then go outside and tackle the heavy-duty growth along the driveway with the serious blade weedeater attachment.
This is the first fall tv season in many, many years that has several shows that appear to be worth watching instead of just one or two filtered premieres throughout the year. Thank goodness for digital video recorders that allow skipping commercials and starting to watch the show ten minutes after it's start instead of the old VHS waiting for the recording to finish.
Steak at Fireside should be on the agenda tonight. Now if I just had Samantha's powers to clean the house. I grew up with Samantha's magical powers and was about the age of her character's daughter. Ah, 60s television . ..
Some friends of my brother are coming over to hunt today and luckily the rain forecast didn't come to fruition. I'm going to bake an apple pie this morning (think breakfast!) and get another presentation ready and then go outside and tackle the heavy-duty growth along the driveway with the serious blade weedeater attachment.
This is the first fall tv season in many, many years that has several shows that appear to be worth watching instead of just one or two filtered premieres throughout the year. Thank goodness for digital video recorders that allow skipping commercials and starting to watch the show ten minutes after it's start instead of the old VHS waiting for the recording to finish.
Steak at Fireside should be on the agenda tonight. Now if I just had Samantha's powers to clean the house. I grew up with Samantha's magical powers and was about the age of her character's daughter. Ah, 60s television . ..
Labels: apple pie, Bewitched, farm, hunting, presentations
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