Thursday was spent in the shop, CLEANING.

January 27, 2017 - Friday

21 degrees/cloudy/windy

Pentoga Road

Before

After

C'mon, what do you think? Eh? Is it cleaner or what? The proof's in the pudding... or picture.

Thursday's walk was a bit tougher than usual. I'm not sure if it was the weather or the walker. I'm assuming it was the person walking. My lower extremities ached, from my knees to my toes. It felt as though I'd been hiking for days with no end in sight. 

It was probably more of a mental thing. There are times that it's simply not fun to slip and slide on the icy shoulder of a country road in below freezing temperatures with a strong headwind slamming into one's face. Yesterday was one of those.

Once home, I took shovel in hand and scraped the smattering of snow we'd received overnight from the drive. The pavement was still warm enough from last week that, with a bit of help from the wind, blew dry and clear.

The rest of the day was spent in the shop cleaning. Oh no, not just running the vac and putting items away, but CLEANING.

Tools were taken from the drawers with everything completely wiped down before being put back. 

Benches were moved and I was amazed how many things I'd been missing over the past six months that were found.

It was past mid afternoon before I took one last look at my happy place and closed the door. I can now begin anew with a clean conscience and shop.

After a quick sprint through the shower and change of clothes, I was on my way to Iron Mountain. I purchased an inexpensive, plastic, three drawer dresser in which to keep my lathe paraphernalia before meeting Sargie at closing time.  

I'll be riding back this morning to get the Blazer then have no other plans other than to work in the shop. I'm ready to get back out there and mess the place up. Give me ten minutes and you'll never know I cleaned yesterday.

It's time to pour another cup of coffee and throw a log on the fire.

After all, a man's work is never done.

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...