Kathy was busy with one of her old projects, she has three very old chairs that she wanted to refinish. She worked on them and has changed her mind on what she wants to do with them several times. I am sure her final decision will be a good one!! She has moved her computer ( laptop) into her studio and she is getting settled in for sure. Most of the work this week end was done on the back patio - very nice, shaded and we get a nice breeze from the South which keeps it a little cooler.
I was busy with chores lawn yesterday and today I changed the oil on the boat - well sort of!? I had to pump the oil out of the crank - not sure but all I could get was about 2 quarts? For some reason my pump would not pick up any more. It is a manual pump and I don't have a very good deal in the hose? I need to find a better pump - they have a adapter on the end of the oil stick so that is the way to do it - just had the wrong tool. I ended up putting the two quarts back and will refinish the job when I get the right tools. Talk about tight quarters, the oil filter sit in the back at the right of the engine. Not very much space to get to it - - not looking forward to that activity either. Several times I had the notion to take it in to have the oil changed - still might do that? We got the boat with 24 hours on it and it now has 48. I have not changed the oil so thought it was about time to do that? With the right tools it should be a snap?
Today, I went out to pick blackberries - it is the season, they are ripe and ready to go!! Two weeks ago they had a new berries that were ready - those at the end of the cluster seemed to ripen up first. Today almost all the berries on a cluster were ripe - deep purple ( blackish). I got about a gallon and a half - popped them in the freezer and they will be ready to go. I am going to take lst year's berries down South and use them - not sure for what yet. We still have a blackberry pie in the freezer here that I made a couple of months ago - it turned out great and did not put much of a damper on the inventory? I see blackberries and ice cream in our future - Kathy will have to manage that with her calorie counting, she will adjust accordingly. I am totally amazed on the health benefits of blackberries - powerful critters?!!
Kathy had a very busy week and work - they have pressing issues with the budget like everyone else and puts her right in the middle of the action? It is sure nice that she is able to get away from that stuff, it would be much harder if she did not a chance to unwind a little and do something else!!??
Golf was great as usual, averaged 30 holes each day and played with lots of interesting people. I also was able to average about 50 balls for my collection. No sales this week - ball sales have slowed down considerably.
Not much else for news - - hope you all enjoy the Olympics and have a great week.
More later
Ron, Kathy, Tessie and Sammie
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