Our three year old granddaughter, Em, along with her daddy and baby brother, Bennet, and I had a good visit via Facetime Saturday morning. 

July 9, 2017 - Sunday

59 degrees/clear skies/calm winds

Pentoga Road

I'm in a rush this morning as we're to meet Grady, Mel, and Macrea, about twenty miles from here and ride to Marquette with them. It should be a nice day along the shores of Lake Superior, plus Pawpaw and Grandma Sargie could use a dose of ol' Hambone.

The following is X rated so proceed at your risk:

There was pumpkin love going on in the garden Saturday morning. I almost panicked when I saw the female giant pumpkin flower wide open and looking for some excitement. The adjoining male flower had peaked a day earlier and had become shriveled and useless. Usually, with the sex life of pumpkins, it's the opposite. 

I searched an adjoining giant pumpkin plant and was happy to find a young and willing male blossom, wide open, and eager to do his thing.

Unwilling to take a chance on the bees, I plucked the male right off his stem and transported the pollen directly to a most eager female. 

I didn't have any soft music to play or candle light with which to set the mood. I can only pray that Mother Nature took over where I left off. We should know in a few short days. If so, the giant pumpkin race, how big it can grow before the first frost, will be on.

Two tanks of Round Up herbicide were sprayed around the perimeter of the yard and garden. With all the rain that's fallen, I've been unable to keep up with the trimming and the yard looks somewhat unkept. Spraying should definitely help and save a great deal of time and frustration.

Moving to the shop, I finished cutting out the letters to be used as patterns for upcoming cut/carved names. 

After hanging the letters from brads on an old painted board, all are easily accessible and should save us a lot of time when initially making the names.

I worked for sometime at the scroll saw on a dinosaur puzzle. It's awaiting Sargie's artful touches to be finished.

A more involved lion puzzle was also started and it should be completed sometime this coming week.

The windshield on my red four wheeler has had a crack since I purchased it several years ago. Recently, it's been made worse and I've been fearful of the hardened plastic ripping too far making the windshield worthless.

I did the old Alaska fix yesterday, what we used to do north of the arctic circle to save hard to get and very expensive windshields on snowmobiles.

Holes were drilled on each side of the crack then heavy fishing line and/or lightweight wire was used to stitch the break together. I used both on Saturday.

After, a thick coat of clear epoxy was applied and allowed to dry. Most of the time, the fix is permanent and successful. 

I'll be manufacturing some sort of plastic piece to epoxy where the hole is by the brace.

Sargie entered last night with a huge pizza in hand. An hour later, it was only a distant memory. Bedtime came early and with our window open and the cool nighttime temperatures, we slept soundly.

Today should be a fun one. I'm looking forward to the ride, visiting with the kids, and hanging out with Grady.

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

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...

Grrr