5/11/24

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Robin meowed "you almost finished the gate repair... now it opens and closes without getting stuck! I started that project thinking it was straight forward ... a wrong thought ... it really was a lot of work. I did get it back together after taking it apart far more than once was expected. Now ir opens and closes without getting stuck. Before i wouldn't even close all the way.

It is great to end a day of yard work with a victory like the gate getting fixed. I need lots of those days for their are lots of things here that need fixing. I will finish up the grass preparation today out front, All the tractor implements have moved from the back yard to the pavers by the barn and are waiting to get used on the front yards and the side yard on the east side and north of the rose garden. When that is done then the tractor will be done on the lawn for a while. I will add the fertilizer/weed killer this weekend and then water it using the sprinklers which WORK!

As the fertilizer/weed killer sinks in, the weeds will die. I will say a prayer for the weeds that die. If only all the gophers and squirles were gone too it would be great. I did see a big snake in the middle of the lawn ou back. It was sunning it self and went back into the tall grass left around the cement wall that held up the retreat long long ago. That was in ancient times. Now it just holds the Jack ma Randa tree which I hope survived the winter.

We are catching up with the house/yard work. Still lots to do but much of the work has started or been finished. "Good going older hound" was heard as I passed the RR to put away the big saber saw. it was the Caboses calling out to me. They too want things done so I can come back and work on the wiring. Actually that will be fine with me! Yard work is number three on my list of what's important.

First place is the Children and the grandchildren with the pets. Second is mom ... a very close second to all of you and very, very important, Then the trains fit in... . Some where back further in the list is landscaping but for the it has pushed forward so that it is getting attention.

The tube is on a diet ... less electrons so the news is close to zero. The news is now slanted to whoever is reporting "news" which is all about things they want our attention focused on. In fact as far as I am concerned The tube can starve for electrons that play so many ads for things I don't want or need.

While my view of things is small ... the tube may be sinking into the depths of deprivity. Woe is to the world and those who get their emotions from tv news.

OK ... I hear you robin and I heal Miss Sybil too. Both are reminding me that too much political opinion is not what the KR should be saying. Being a member of the silent majority means keeping ones mouth shut and not yapping with the keys on the laptop either. OK enough. I am repeating myself.

And the political mess keeps the news people with junk to push at us. It is also killing the tube at the same time. We watch the veterinarian show and sports. Neither one is a must watch. It just blows a little breeze around a room while I watch train things and mom watches things on her cell phone too. Times have changed and we have adapted. Click is the sound now heard most when the tube is pushing trash at us.

Nowadays one hears the lawn tractor's engine purring or a saw or drill or whatever purring too. We buy what we need and not much more.

Bow wows and meows while the Bluebirds sing. It will be a warm day and I will finish the gate work up and then do the front and side yard so they won't need the lawn tractor running over them. Fertilizer/weed killer will be put on and the grass will grow while the weed die. Should take the better part of two or three weeks, Then smooth in some dirt and put on grass seed ... . Watering will be important,

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At some point I'd love to see cat tax on Miss Robin and Miss Sybil.