Congratulations to grandson, Coleman, for yet another wrestling tournament victory in the 117 lb weight class this past weekend.

January 27, 2019 - Sunday evening

-10 degrees/clear skies/calm winds

Pentoga Road

To quote my son, Luke, Coleman's daddy, "The kid was a beast. 10 hours of sitting in a gym and exactly 1 minute 13 seconds of wrestling to win three matches."

Grandpa's mighty proud of ol' Coleman.

Cold? Dang, we're in the deep freeze. We awakened to a very cool 30 below zero this morning.

Where's Al Gore? You'd think he'd want to celebrate this reprieve from global warming.

I was out the door early this morning to start a fire in the outside wood furnace and the propane heater in the shop. With the frigid air, the exhaust from the furnace and wood stove in the house hung heavily on the air.

Several hours were spent in the shop tearing apart pallets. Only eight more to go and this batch will be finished.

While in town yesterday, I saw a pile of pallets in the rear of a local business by their dumpster. I'll stop in the next day or two and ask if they'd like for me to take them away. Doing some rough estimating, I think I have about a third of the lumber that will be needed for the garden fairy house.

I found a bit of scrap birch in the shop still attached to a tenon from an earlier project and turned a shallow bowl.

I'll put a finish on it tomorrow before separating the tenon from the bowl.

Sargie and I took a short drive this afternoon to get the Equinox from Mechanic Dave's. He said the key should no longer stick in the ignition.

Sargie closes the Vision Center tomorrow. I'll be out early warming up the shop and hope to finish the pallets and begin turning a new bowl. Since I have to teach Tuesday, I'd like to get as much done as possible. Despite the current temperatures, spring is coming... isn't it?

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

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...

It was a very proud grandpa who sent this picture.
Mississippi Brother Garry's grandson, James (real name Nolan... don't ask) is plowing and tilling his grandpa's garden. Little James is growing up!