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Bruce
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Today I was replacing a gas vapor sensor in DW's car. Neighbor across the road came over all apologetic because he had opened an envelope that should have been put in our mailbox. Just ripped the end off before noticing it was addressed to us (from the C.U., it is the mortgage bill, I wouldn't mind if he HAD paid it ). No biggie, really.
As it happens he is building a 2 lift garage with containers on either side. Had 4 piles of stone in front of it that needed to be spread, especially over the bolts in the front of the concrete pad so the guy bringing the containers wouldn't puncture a tire. Said he had more than he needed and he knew I was planning to get some stone to fill in front of the barn where the tractor and garden tractor live as well as at one of the entrances to the parking area. I guess some would call it a circular drive but that sounds kinda fancy for a stone and weed drive around space. So I'm good with getting some stone and told him "I have a tractor, why beat up your plow moving that stone?" We struck a deal, I got some stone and moved the rest up against and over the bolts at the edge of the pad.
While placing the stone in front of the bay the tractor goes in, I tapped the unstable pile of straw bales and scrap metal (sure would be nice to have depth perception) just inside the door opening. Yeah I REALLY do need to get that scrap metal gone! In any case, the pile shifted a fair bit and likely I'd not be able to get the tractor in without knocking it over completely. So I took all the scrap metal and put it in the outside scrap metal pile and started moving the straw bales. I discovered where Little Lana the Golden Campine (who was taken by a fox in early May ) had been laying. There were TWENTY FIVE eggs in a nest on a straw bale. She had to have gotten there from the back side and it was under another bale. She's the one that had been laying on top of one of the round bales in the stall by the alpacas earlier in the year. Guess I should have let her keep doing that. Silly bird, cute as could be, excellent forager but not smart enough to stay in the fenced area. Of course that didn't save Yuki since she was taken in early June inside the fenced area.
As it happens he is building a 2 lift garage with containers on either side. Had 4 piles of stone in front of it that needed to be spread, especially over the bolts in the front of the concrete pad so the guy bringing the containers wouldn't puncture a tire. Said he had more than he needed and he knew I was planning to get some stone to fill in front of the barn where the tractor and garden tractor live as well as at one of the entrances to the parking area. I guess some would call it a circular drive but that sounds kinda fancy for a stone and weed drive around space. So I'm good with getting some stone and told him "I have a tractor, why beat up your plow moving that stone?" We struck a deal, I got some stone and moved the rest up against and over the bolts at the edge of the pad.
While placing the stone in front of the bay the tractor goes in, I tapped the unstable pile of straw bales and scrap metal (sure would be nice to have depth perception) just inside the door opening. Yeah I REALLY do need to get that scrap metal gone! In any case, the pile shifted a fair bit and likely I'd not be able to get the tractor in without knocking it over completely. So I took all the scrap metal and put it in the outside scrap metal pile and started moving the straw bales. I discovered where Little Lana the Golden Campine (who was taken by a fox in early May ) had been laying. There were TWENTY FIVE eggs in a nest on a straw bale. She had to have gotten there from the back side and it was under another bale. She's the one that had been laying on top of one of the round bales in the stall by the alpacas earlier in the year. Guess I should have let her keep doing that. Silly bird, cute as could be, excellent forager but not smart enough to stay in the fenced area. Of course that didn't save Yuki since she was taken in early June inside the fenced area.