June 7, 2017 A Trip Down There & Work, Work, Work

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Red paint brush with a purple
& yellow backdrop of lupine
and balsam root.

Monday 6/5. JB got on his way as planned.  Turns out we both told our doctors that we just didn't seem to have as much energy as usual, but I got to thinking about it and how many people our age to all the physical work that we do?!  Actually I find that the more work I do, the more stamina and energy I have, so in the winter when we are not usually physically working so much, we feel more tired.

I spent the day on chores and small projects that never seem to get done, so I actually accomplished a lot.  JB was home by 5:00 pm.  It was pretty warm Down There, but our high Up Here was 64.

Last night Larry told us that they saw their first bears on Sunday.  It was a cinnamon mama with two little cubs.

Tuesday 6/6. It was 58 and clear this morning.  No early morning fire needed in the wood stove.

Right after breakfast we went out to do our project for the day which was to pull up the rest of the large tree our son cut down last October and was now laying in a sea of yellow and purple down the west slope.  We ended up having to cut it in half.  Somehow the chain saw got wedged and stuck in the log, so we had to cut it out with the hand saw.  We used JB's Jeep to pull one piece up before lunch and the other after lunch.  JB was going to cut them into rounds, but the chain saw needed a sharp chain.  We were both pretty tired by then, so we decided to finish tomorrow.

I brought up a large pile of branches, breaking and stacking the smaller ones in the wood shed.  The larger ones will go over to the wood cradle for cutting.

The day was nice but rather muggy, with a high of 72.

Wednesday 6/7. It is 60 this morning with mostly cloudy skies and the smell of rain.

Thought for the day: It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom.  It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.  Mahatma Gandhi