Catching up a bit... I spent an entire day spraying this week (2,4-D) – our lawn and that of two of our neighbors. I have a nice spraying rig that I tow behind my ATV. I sprayed about 6 or 7 acres, and the stuff is working already – the dandelions are shriveling up. It was satisfying to help out my neighbors. I got a pretty intense sunburn on my arms in the process, though...
Debbie and I played Mexican train, finishing up a game this week. Look at that score sheet – I actually beat her! This is such a rare occurrence that I thought it needed memorializing...
On Wednesday I drove up to my brother Scott's place near Newton, to take him to a doctor's appointment. The view at left is looking south-southwest from his front porch. His house sits on a little knoll, and the views all around are really quite spectacular. The mountains in the background are the north side of the Wellsville Mountains, obviously still snow-capped (the peaks are around 9,000' high). The water is part of Cutler Reservoir, just south of him. In the foreground you can see evidence that a “plant person” lives there: compost, manure, and a deer-proof enclosure. If you look closer, there's evidence of the artist – mainly in the form of collected driftwood, rocks, and found objects that might be used for parts of an art project. Directly above the windshield of my car, with the water in the background, is the so-far leafless trunk of a Russian olive that Scott sculpted into a very unusual shape – not much in evidence until the leaves come out, I'm afraid.
While I was spraying one of our neighbor's yards, I did a lot of driving underneath their four glorious apples (below). This was very distracting for me, as I kept wanting to look up at them, with the blue sky making a backdrop. This made for erratic steering. :) The aroma under those trees was heavenly. Plus the noise of the bees was so loud that I could clearly hear it over the putt-putting of my ATV. I'd happily spray their yard just so I could experience this...
Yesterday we drove over to Tremonton to finalize the granite for our grill cabinet countertop. It took us an hour or so to do that, during which I got an education from their folks about exactly how they want the plywood under the granite to be arranged. That's all settled now, and our order is placed – when I tell them
Go!, it will take about a week for them to fabricate it and deliver it. The slab that Debbie chose has been reserved, and we've planned exactly where (within that slab) the countertops will be cut. I've never built anything with granite before, so it's all an interesting experience for me.
Today I'm going to start actually fabricating the grill cabinet. There will be updates. Should be fun!
