5/19 - Anderson

5/19 Anderson

Very nice week end again, temperature got up to 91 today and 88 yesterday, summer is more than a month away, better watch out it is going to be a warm one.  We got irrigation water on Tuesday - sure helped the grass but the water coverage is still not that great.   The folks that are irrigating for us do the best they can but don't have the time to devote that is necessary.

As Kathy noted below, we have several new animals added to the herd.  I am a little concerned that the grass will not meet the demand - I poked round at that and the estimates vary a bit but the rule of thumb is 1 animal per acre in these parts.  We are now sitting at 10 animals for 4 acres, good thing we have plenty of drinking water for them.   The grass has no recovery time so it really won't last.

In addition to hand watering the 20 trees down the lane I was out in the pasture pulling up milk weed - nasty thorny stuff, the animals don't like it and I sure don't like working with it but I want to get it all done, I have 3 new burn piles that I will work off in the coming weeks.

Played golf today with our tenant - had a great time and he really enjoyed the outing.  I usually do not keep score but did today and ended up shooting 91, had to use my old clubs here, sure makes me appreciate my other clubs down South.  I also played 2 other times during the week, found lots of golf balls, cleaned up 1200 that were stacking up in the garage.  I had a great week with golf ball sales during the week.    Sold over 600 to 4 different folks plus several inquiries.  That did not put much of a dent in the inventory, need to think of some better ways to move these things? 

Tomorrow there is a annular solar eclipse - (annular means small ring - not full 94% with a ring).  They will be able to see the eclipse tomorrow evening around 6:30.  They have several specials locations set up in Redding for viewing.  The locals have purchased all the viewing goggles and welding lenses are going as well.  I have attached a picture of the eclipse - this one was viewed in Japan in January of this year.   It can be viewed here in Northern California, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado.  If you have never seen one - they are pretty cool.  We had the opportunity to see a total eclipse while on  cruise, off the shore of Aruba, the captain put us at the center of the eclipse and we saw the whole thing - it took about 45 minutes and the emerald light ring was the best part of that one.   We will not be able to see this one but we will be looking for others in the future.!!

Looking forward to some time off during the memorial week, time to recharge the batteries.  For me it is time to catch up on some chores, painting, yard work, etc.  I really would like to get the irrigation system fixed up so it is not time consuming.  Having to open and close gates to keep the water flowing is a pain.

This week end I noticed that the license plate was missing on the jet ski trailer.  Looks like they got that plate when we had the break in in January.  I looked at it carefully, it was held by 2 screws, both of them were reinstalled and loose.  I can understand why someone would steel a plate but don't understand why some one out reinsert the screws?  This person or persons had to be be obsessive compulsive - guess I am that way a little ibt??!!   The other thing that was weird - they took the auto door closer light bulbs out and laid them on the floor next to the wall.  The other thing, they pulled the dome lights out of the pickup and laid them on the seat.  Whoever they were did not not like the idea of having any extra light around.

Better get on with the evening chores - - hope you all have a wonderful week and don't work too hard. 

More later

Ron, Kathy and Tessie - - - see Kathy's pics below~~!!

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When we arrived on Thursday evening we discovered we had a couple new tenants in the pasture.  Cindy stopped by today to let us know that they put them in our pasture because they kept getting out of the other pasture and eating the neighbor's marijuana.  Apparently the neighbors weren't very happy about this.  No marijuana here, so they should be fine!

I made this tablecloth yesterday.  I will be doing another "barn" show on June 2nd and will be outside.  Decided to make one out of burlap so it's okay if it gets dusty dirty.  Did pinch pleats and made it in about 4 hours.  Much faster than the last one I made.

This is a picture of the 2nd tablecloth I'm working on for the show.  I bought a bunch of vintage doilies and linens today.

This tapestry was in the box of linens.  I love the colors and the tattered look.  It will look great in our house!

These are a couple trunks I purchased recently.  Got the one on the left for $40 and the one on the right for $5.  My plan is to clean them up a bit and use them as a coffee table and an end table in the living room.