June 20, 2016 A "Fixed" Tractor & Rain

The rufus humming bird guarding
"her" feeder.

Our "park" to the north
of the house.

Friday 6/17. I split and stacked four more tractor bucket loads of wood today.  Splitting before lunch and stacking after.

JB completely cleaned the tractor.  It seems that is it necessary to clean the radiator fins quite often in order to keep the engine from over heating.  This becomes apparent when one reads the manual. . .

Then he was able to do some mowing and move the wood to the wood shed with no problems.  He mowed north of the hen house with me walking ahead to locate any low stumps or rocks.  Looks like a park now.

Yesterday I had made another gallon of humming bird syrup for the hungry little buggers.  It looks as though the visiting hoards may have continued on their journey north since I had not filled the feeders immediately this morning.  Now it is just the patient residents who are still here.

We had an early supper and then JB went Down There to play Magic cards.  I watched my favorite movie, Guardians of The Galaxy, for the umpteenth time.

Saturday 6/18.  It was 48 and light rain was falling, as it had since the early morning hours, becoming quite heavy by mid-morning.  The wind picked up around noon and then it was just plain nasty outside.  We spent a cozy day inside with a fire going.

JB baked two loaves of bread, while I read through Ask Jackie - Pressure Canning a book from BackWoods Home magazine, to plan for canning that I really want to do this year.  Definitely going to can some meat, soups and dinners.

A rufus humming bird has arrived Up Here in the past few days and is defending the south feeder most afternoons.  She is bright orange, and so pretty.  We also have a couple ruby-throated humming birds, but they are not as aggressive.

The rain stopped falling around 1:30 pm, but the wind kept up.  Our high for this dark and dreary day was 50.

Sunday 6/19. Father's Day began with a temp of 54 and clear skies.  Such a beautiful morning!  We sat on the porch with our coffee and watched all the birds.

After morning chores, vacuuming and lunch, I split four more tractor-bucket loads of wood.  JB drove them to the wood shed and helped me stack them.

Plenty of time for sudoku, crossword puzzles and reading a book, as I try to do most days.

Our high for the day was 62 and very light, high clouds appeared by late afternoon.

Monday 6/20. It is the summer solstice and it is 50 with mostly overcast skies, but the sun has found the only opening through which to shine.  In the past few weeks we have had less than 5-1/2 hours of complete darkness, so now begins the journey back to 14 hours of dark.

Thought for the day: If you are not outraged, you are not paying attention.