Escape from boredom

Picture taken on a pine log, a spider in the middle

Have borrowed a forestry trailer to move timber which will be fire wood at some time. Not all, selling some of it, the pile below.

Most of it transported from Vestrengåsen.

I had to pick one load a long way from the road, quite muddy conditions – did at some point almost got stuck, but finding some fir branches and placing them in front of the wheels did help.

All done that day.

Two days ago the sun was 87% blocked by the moon, since the weather was very cloudy it was not much to mention, slightly darker that was all. Today, snow, the boys find it much more exciting.

Yesteday while connecting the mower I suddenly heard a sound which I at first could not understand where it came from.
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Did not bother to disconnect the mower when I needed to move the trailer, once again the front loader is a handy tool.

My neighbour made fun of my car, this is my revenge. He was out washing his car, so here I am sending soot over to him creating a need for washing yet again…messing with me is not left unnoticed.

Again time for pruning the apple trees. They are starting to grow old now so it is more or less to be considered a thanks for what they have done in the past, but they still have some years left of apple producing so no need to cut them down and replace them with new ones

yet.

Seems like we need to do some maintenance on our road. Here the other day, Elin stood quite a while talking to our neighbors pushing the stroller back and forth. At the end the stroller almost got stuck in the rut created by the wheels. And several days later the ruts has not gone away.

My idea of having fun on a Friday evening: After Elin and the kids had gone to sleep I went out and started digging a ditch behind the outbuilding where I’m not able to use the backhoe loader (or any other machine) without risking rolling down the step hill. Decided to spend an hour, well aware that it will take longer, but my back is not prepared for more than an hour. Must admit that I admire Elins grandfather and his crew that dug out all this manually with the help of a small tractor. One thing is for me to dig the ditch next to the concrete wall, but digging everything when most if it is stone hard clay…OMG!

When done I will try to get rid of the moss, then mount the plastic protection on the concrete, lay drainage and cover with gravel.

Picture from yesterday morning, no snow anymore, but still below zero during night and early morning. Previous status was from the 7’th, found here