Today was a harvest day. A rotten birch broke and fell. Over 30 branches were covering one of Kathy's blue berry patches. We drug and then reduced each to twigs, small kindling and firewood. So to repeat the harvest was scrap twigs, kindling and firewood. All the Memorial Day work was in fog, some drizzle and low 50F temperature.
The installation of five replacement windows is complete. That was a scheduled project. Not on the schedule was a bloody left hand.
Healing time on the worst deep scrap will be at least two weeks. Two other wounds are closer to the garden variety.
Do not push on a wreaking bar when attempting to remove nails. The heads bent and I was flying into water toward a submerged log. My hand came up with significant blood. My head and face stopped somehow in a safe zone.
What is the project? Four large parallel logs are covered by cross parallel 2x8 planks. The dock top layer is six sheets of four foot by eight foot plywood. I was going step by step to renovate the submerged dangerous thing. YOU NEED TO SEE IT.
Opening camp is reversing closing steps from last September.
Awning up, rain gutter up, water tank and pump positioned and later fully functional with the long intake plastic pipe pulling water from the brook.
For fun kayaks are moved onto the dock.
This year winter damage was caused by beaver and by high water and ice.
I don't chain saw so we need a professional. Also five windows have been on order and now ready to be installed.
On our drive from camp back to #20 Kathy ordered her gift , (lobster rolls for two) she remembered me.
At camp one of our two docks has a ramp from land to the dock. Much of the winter we had ice and high water . Result, the dock moved nearly ten feet and an end of the heavy ramp fell into the water. I studied and moved and repeat study and move to get the ramp out of the water, onto the dock then onto a ladder used as a skid or inclined plane to coax the ramp back to the correct land and dock positions.
A problem solving exercise. My crow bar, a twelve foot pressure treated 4x8 and various pipes and ropes helped to push, pull, tie off and pry the four log dock and four board ramp. Fun and distracted.
Give me a lever long enough and I can move >>>>>..
The cold must give way to mild air. Today was mild.
Other news or comments? No none that do any good.
My first departure desktop to laptop was May 2003.
An upgrade November, 2012.
NOW, Tuesday a spur of the moment time to stop looking at options but to make it happen.
April 30, 2024. I bought a third laptop. The other two still have features and stored photos.
Nine years and this time under twelve years to upgrade. The software and hardware advances are impressive.
Most of this blog note is for me.
