This afternoon my friend, Amy, let me know that today is National Walking Day. Thank you, Amy. This was after I walked from home to Home Depot and logged four miles. At Home Depot I got the poles I need to fix the post hole digger that we got last year at a Habitat for Humanity Restore. There were a couple other things that we picked up, which is why Keziah came to get me. Rather than walking home from Home Depot, I got a ride and was able to put more time into working outside this afternoon. The four mile walk and the following are my happy things for today:
- There was one intersection that I was concerned about crossing on my walk this morning. It was the one closest to home that has no walk signals or crosswalks. Thankfully it wasn't as bad as I anticipated.
- Most of the walk was on a busy state route. The prettiest part was going over a small river, the Soucook River.
- There were some budding trees that I did a quick walk-by picture of. I don't know what they were... maybe I should have looked closer.
- After getting home and having lunch I decided to sharpen the axe. It never got as sharp as I wanted it. I got through about half the branch I wanted to cut and gave up. Tried sharpening it some more and then decided that I needed to find some different tools for the job. Sharpening axes and using the axe to cut branches (and not firewood) is a new thing for me. Even though the result isn't what I hoped, I still feel a sense of accomplishment.
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| Before sharpening it was pretty rusty. |
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| This is just a little bit of sharpening. |
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| After sharpening I started chopping the branch off one of the fallen trees. |
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| This is as far as I got before deciding the axe needed more sharpening. |
- Then I tackled the post hole digger. Totally forgot to take a picture of the finished product.
- I also moved plants around, planted tomato seeds and marigold seeds, and weeded around the blueberry bush and strawberries a little. I didn't do too much around the berries because there needs to be mulch or some other cover for the ground.
- Keziah got home from getting groceries and told me to go look at the sunset. Apparently it was prettier five minutes earlier.
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| Sunset. |
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Currently reading: The Backyard Homestead, by Carleen Madigan.
-- Learning about planting trees. Did you know that nut trees can kill evergreens?
Wash your hands.
