Thankfully, we had Sadie to protect us from the monster Rumba.

March 27, 2021 - Saturday morning

24 degrees/partly cloudy/calm winds

Pentoga Road

We laughed at Sadie as she made all the pretenses of protecting Sargie and me from the robot Friday afternoon. Funny thing, as soon as the round vacuum emerged from under a bed, couch, or chair, the pup would run and hide around the closest corner. 

That Sadie, she's a brave one. 

Josh sent the munchkins' school pictures yesterday. All three are growing like weeds. In order, it's Ellie, Wyatt, and Cody. I know I'm biased, but dang, aren't they good lookin' kiddies?

Boy, Friday was a busy day, but a good one. I worked for almost an hour and a half in the shop early in the morning while waiting for Yooper Brother Mark to arrive for our usual Friday morning walk.

Most the time was spent just piddling around, cleaning and putting tools away.

I thought it would be fun to make an Easter puzzle, something other than a bunny rabbit with a basket filled with eggs that a young 'un might play with.

I'm doing this puzzle out of one inch scrap mahogany that was bound for the wood stove. It's hard and thick enough that it should withstand the pressure of little hands attempting to push the pieces in place.

Sadie and I took a walk deep into the woods to retrieve the flash card that's been in the trail cam since January 1st. I'm titling the following as:

Critters that live on Pentoga Road

Fisher

Bunny Rabbit

Deer

Coyote

Fox

Racoon

Sadie the Wild Dog of the North

While Sadie and I were tromping around the woods, Sargie began installing the ceiling fan in the spare room.

The truth be known, I arrived just in time to connect a few wires and assist in hanging it. Sargie did the rest.

The rest of the day was spent in the woods where I dropped five maple trees, three quite large. Naturally, I managed to hang up three out of the five and will need to use the tractor to pull two of those free and onto the ground.

One came loose using the four wheeler.

Sargie and Sadie to the rescue

Whoops. My aim's not nearly as good as it used to be.

I told my sons that I'm losing my tree cutting mojo. I'll use the tractor to pull them to the ground.

There's probably enough wood in those five trees to last us all of next winter, but I'll drop a few more this spring and let them dry so we'll have plenty of firewood by next fall.

We've played many games of fetch with Sadie who is the perfect pup. She's a girly girl dog, yet loves to run and mix it up a bit. Being a goldendoodle, she doesn't shed, hates to get her feet dirty if at all possible, and is perfectly content to lay at my feet. I'm going to hate to see her leave when the kids get back from their mini weekend vacation. 

Mark will be on his way fairly soon for our Saturday morning walk. If it warms up enough today, I'd like to install the new muffler and pipe on the tractor. If not, there's always the shop, plus whatever Sargie has planned. When it comes to springtime projects, she can be a girl out of control.

Meanwhile, Mark just sent a text saying he's on his way out. Time to get the day started.

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

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...

Saying good night