Tag Archives: Maintenance
March 2013
The weekend of March 24, 2013 was wonderful weather with only one rainy afternoon. We accomplished a lot done.
September, 2012
Saturday, 9/1/12 Tommy and Mandy Browning had painted the: living room walls; entry walls; kitchen/breakfast room ceiling. The work looked great and really wet our appetite to paint the rest. The next six days will be spent by Mary painting … Continue reading
March 2012
This will be remembered as the weekend when: – we first tried out the Swisher line trimmer; – climbed on top of the grain bin to reinstalled the cap after jacking up the auger, and; – most memorable: the day … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Weekend, 2011
This was an abnormal Thanksgiving as Mary and I spent Thanksgiving day in Houston with Kelley, Rocky and Rocky Sr. Jeff joined us later in the day. A nice day but not the same as this day has been for … Continue reading
October, 2011
This was the first trip in the “new” 2002 Ford F250, Super Duty, diesel truck. Great ride over with all the room and the bed loaded with plastic containers of dishes, curtains, tools, framed art prints, etc. Everything at the … Continue reading
Ted Strange cleaned out the grape arbor area
Peggy reported that today Ted–who is renting land for his cows–and two young men were cleaning out the grape arbor area in the barn yard. When he and I fixed the broken pipe that takes water to his cows he … Continue reading
Cutting back, Chinese Tallow and Johnson Grass
With the chain saw going I cut down the tall bush at the electrical meter and the Pyracanthas at the bell and at the west wall of the house. Used the little tractor and 3-point hitch flat-bed to haul it … Continue reading
Leaks, estate talk and BBQ
Found the leak in the line to the south side field under the large, almost dead Tallow tree. Peggy called Ted and when he got there I had dug enough to locate the problem but not see it as it … Continue reading
Back after a hot dry summer
Good to be back after a long hot summer–and still far too dry. I have been away too long but had to fit it in to others schedule. Peggy and Ted had kept the grass mowed and it all looks … Continue reading
Ted Strange helps out
Peggy reported today that Ted cut the grass at Dad’s and pushed down some of the dying tallow trees I sprayed. Go Ted! She said it has also rained over 3 inches in the past few weeks and everything is … Continue reading