The pond looks a little better

Here you can see what it looked like after I got the fallen trees cleared away from the pond (upper pic) and after I trimmed the weeds and cat tails (lower pic).  It’s nice to have it all back in order and trimmed back so I can walk and ride around it with Julie and the pups.

Zoe keeping cool in the pond

These days, if she finds water, she jumps right in 🤪🐶

I managed to pull the whole pile out of the way!

A useful winch and helpful view

I managed to be able to winch this huge pile of trees out of the way after I cut through all the trunks.  I like having tires that would bite into the turn, but not spin.  The camera helped me know when I was getting close to running out of winch line to pull in so I didn’t wind my tow strap into the winch.  Putting the Jeep to work.  At least it paid for some of it’s maintenance costs, hahaha.

It’s hard to swim when your sister is a boat anchor…

Zoe has come to really enjoy the water. She die this loop over and over again while I was working in the field. She really wanted to swim across, but Chloe kept her anchored to the shore haha. Chloe knows bassets can’t swim.

Who let the dogs out?

I did! John and Savannah were in Cinci for the day so I got to let out Pebbles and May.  They like me well enough now that they were happy to see me, went out on queue, and then settled back down for some pets.  They were convinced that if I was there, J&S must be arriving any second haha.

My “helpers” and usual contributions…

Zoe loved jumping in the pond while I worked.  Chloe abstained knowing she’s just a boat anchor.  She did enjoy the shade of the cattails though.  At one point, Zoe took off running when Chloe was laying down and it caused Chloe to log roll a couple times before she jumped up and ran along. Hahaha.  I was wet and dirty by the time I was done for the day…!

Andys old watch putting in the work this past weekend

Tree work at the pond

We had a big tree fall across the pond path a while back.  I got out some tools, chains, and vehicles and went to work… Lower left is the before.  Lower right is after working for several hours in the 93º heat to cut through the fallen tree and all the shrubbery and ones it took out on the way down.

Bird watching with Itty Bitty

Before and after Andy’s pressure adjustment. The boy works miracles❣️

Good thing we know a guy…

I was threatening to adjust our water pressure (pressure relief valve) myself.  The boy decided he better swing by before I broke something… Good plan❣️ He fixed us right up! We have much better flow now.  In the process, he noticed our tub drain was leaking so he fixed that while he was at it.  We’re good until the next thing crops up! For now, Andy’s our hero again.

WAS! Now it is “just add water”…

I forgot I had these pouches that came with a med kit way back when.  It’s supposed to contain 4 oz of water.  They’re long past there best by date and the water either evaporated or leaked out. However, the bag is still mostly air tight and still contained a little pillow of air.  Julie said it was “just add water” now hahahaha.

Chris and I holding each other up on the trail

Pretty storm clouds reflecting the sunset

While us RC guys were hanging out, we saw these cool reflections in the quarry pond while the sun was setting in the west and lighting up these eastern thunder clouds.