Little of note has passed this past week. I have been working my typical Fall chores which consists mostly of raking leaves and a bit of yard work. Among other small tasks I moved the RV trailer over to our neighbor’s yard, where we have been able to park it for the last few winters. Other than that the week has been pretty quiet.
So…here are a few off-beat topics.
Bagger kit on JD tractor
The bagger kit (grass catcher) was my birthday present back in August. Designed for a different model tractor, I adapted the used kit to my rig. It works pretty well and speeds up lawn mowing. Previously I did not use the tractor on the lawn, as the dogs tracked the resulting grass clippings into the house; with the catcher in place this is no longer an issue.
I added a new gallery to my Galleries page; the Photo Wall gallery is a collection of some of my favorite photos. The Galleries page has been modified a bit to make it look a little better; headings centered and icons re-arranged a bit for better viewing.
Along those same lines I added the Easter 2016 e-card (electronic card) to my E-Card page. While I had included this card in a previous post I had neglected to add it to the page. I’ll continue to tweak various web pages over the winter months to freshen them up a bit.
Rebuilt banker’s lamp
This banker’s lamp had been in our garage attic for over a decade before Pam encouraged me to get it out and repair it so she could use it when working at home. A new lamp holder and bulbs were procured and installed; the lamp now sees almost daily use. This is just another example of smaller projects that are getting attention these days.
At the office, my assistant of 3 years has taken a job with Amazon; he will be moving his family to Seattle to begin his new job. While I wish him the best, this development means I will be without an an assistant for a while — any new hire will require a great deal of training. This complicates my future for the next several months or longer; I am not looking forward to it. Just me and 145 fellow employees in four locations that need 24/7 computer support.
Later today we will be going on a house hunt drive-by; Pam has identified 4 potential homes, all in the Cedaredge area, that warrant taking a first look.
By my next post the elections will be over and we will have a new president-elect. Can’t wait for this cycle to be over, but then comes the aftermath — which may be just as bad as the election itself. I think our Founding Fathers would cringe and be ashamed at how the democratic process has degenerated into the mess we have today. For the record, I have long held that gerrymandering election districts – done by both parties – is the root cause of this degradation. (Gerrymandering is the formation of voting districts that specifically advantage one political party over another.) This practice has resulted in the gridlock of the political system that we have today. If we are to fix our system – which is broken – we will need to start with de-gerrymandering our states.
That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!
Pam’s Two Cents Worth:
The groomer found a lump on Blondie this week; she is scheduled for lump removal on Election Day. I always worry when my pets require operations, as it is one of my least favorite parts of having companion animals.
Time to pull out the Christmas music and see what I can play on the ukulele. The uke is keyed the same as a guitar, so I am trying to see what songs in the guitar books I can play on the uke. It’s a mental exercise – the chords are fingered differently between the two instruments. I can almost feel my mind working through the conversions.
Tenor Ukulele
Happy Trails.
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