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| Andy and Ivy |
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Pentoga Road
Amazing. Easter's come and gone for another year and now our sights are set firmly on summer. I know as we grow older, time seems to fly faster and faster, but it's flying way too fast. Won't be long and we'll be wondering where the summer went, but let's not talk about that right now.
Easter was a very laid back affair on Pentoga Road. Recovering from the celebration and gluttony of Saturday's gathering, I went for my usual morning walk. I feel as though I'm getting my summer hiking legs (and lungs) and later realized that I couldn't recall walking up the very steep hill coming out of Pentoga Village. In year's past, I've had to stop to catch my breath before reaching the top.
Sargie and I made our way to Rhinelander later in the morning and spent the afternoon shopping at Menards Lumber, a large home supply store.
I purchased a single hung, factory second, window for the garden house at a significant discount.
It will be mounted in the middle with a window that was previously in the living room on each side.
Other than household items and other goodies too numerous to mention, we shopped for potential roofing for the garden house.
As most may know, commercial trail mix is very costly. We found a special that featured ten bags of all the right ingredients for ten dollars. It was Sargie who suggested we purchase those and make our own. Her mama didn't have no dummy either!
The heavy rain that was forecast had yet to begin so Sargie and I made our way to the orchard where we dug two sand cherry bushes to transplant elsewhere.
They were just sticks when I put them in the ground several years ago, but have grown substantially since and were crowding everything around them out.
We transplanted the bushes by the wood sheds and storage area and hope they'll make a nice hedge in that area.
Poor Jambo. Today's the opening of turkey season and I know he's sitting out in a wet field, covered in camouflage, chirping, in hopes that a big ol' Tom turkey will come strutting towards him.
A few minutes ago, I was scared out of my wits when a huge Tom turkey, chasing a feathered harem, let go with a resounding gobble on the other side of the outside wall, just a few feet from where I'm sitting. All I had to shoot him with was my camera.
Sargie's off today. I'm going for a quick walk before we head over to Tom and Melinda's to pick up the four wheeler and trailer. I think from there we'll head onto Iron Mountain so I can purchase some lattice to go around the bottom of the front porch. Sometime this week, I want to crawl under and insulate the foundation before attaching the new lattice and be able to call that job finished.
We received .7 of an inch of rain overnight, but so far, Lake Pentoga hasn't risen. In fact, it shrank a bit overnight. More rain is forecast for today and the flood warning is still in effect, but so far so good.
Speaking of rain, I better get to walking before the overhead floodgates open again.
After all, a man's work is never done.
So are the tales from Pentoga Road...
I'm uncertain what the color of the roofing will be as the picking and choosing falls into Sargie's area of responsibility.
My mama didn't have no dummy.
Back home, Sargie busied herself making trail mix from ten different bags of goodies.
As most may know, commercial trail mix is very costly. We found a special that featured ten bags of all the right ingredients for ten dollars. It was Sargie who suggested we purchase those and make our own. Her mama didn't have no dummy either!
The heavy rain that was forecast had yet to begin so Sargie and I made our way to the orchard where we dug two sand cherry bushes to transplant elsewhere.
They were just sticks when I put them in the ground several years ago, but have grown substantially since and were crowding everything around them out.
We transplanted the bushes by the wood sheds and storage area and hope they'll make a nice hedge in that area.
Poor Jambo. Today's the opening of turkey season and I know he's sitting out in a wet field, covered in camouflage, chirping, in hopes that a big ol' Tom turkey will come strutting towards him.
A few minutes ago, I was scared out of my wits when a huge Tom turkey, chasing a feathered harem, let go with a resounding gobble on the other side of the outside wall, just a few feet from where I'm sitting. All I had to shoot him with was my camera.
Sargie's off today. I'm going for a quick walk before we head over to Tom and Melinda's to pick up the four wheeler and trailer. I think from there we'll head onto Iron Mountain so I can purchase some lattice to go around the bottom of the front porch. Sometime this week, I want to crawl under and insulate the foundation before attaching the new lattice and be able to call that job finished.
We received .7 of an inch of rain overnight, but so far, Lake Pentoga hasn't risen. In fact, it shrank a bit overnight. More rain is forecast for today and the flood warning is still in effect, but so far so good.
Speaking of rain, I better get to walking before the overhead floodgates open again.
After all, a man's work is never done.
So are the tales from Pentoga Road...
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