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Roughly caught up, cool weather convinced me to start on fixing the driveway. 3.5 hours, exhausted. The anti erosion mat they didn't install properly. Was like a big tabletop with drop offs on both top and bottom ends, plus no fill on the low side- they put 12+ inches of gravel to "fill and...

43 degrees at 7am. Brrrrr

Got a lot more done outside today, including cardboard recycling. Sitting in shade at the back of the house, just relaxing

5 of the 8 garden boxes now cleaned out. Got red beets planted, looking to plant some spinach and kale to see if I can eke some out in one of the boxes now ready. Did dig up a bed of potatoes planted with last year's leftovers. The heat and dought really stunted them. Got about 5 lbs of...

10' 3/4" metal plumbing pipe driven 2+ feet into the ground. 15 minutes max to complete.

Picked one small pepper and 3 small Roma tomatoes this evening. Cleaned out one of the fallow beds, will plant beets tomorrow.

Installed a new toy today. Includes a lightning detector. The friend I visited last week has an older model setup and I liked it a lot. Now the wife can sit in the air conditioned kitchen and see the heat, humidity, and UV index as I toil away outside. Pecking away at things, 10 front end...

Feels like fall here. Was in the fifties overnight

Time off from work is done. Back to the grind.

Near Minneapolis this morning. Huge thunderstorms all around

In the middle of my little trip (encouraged by the wife), stopped yesterday at a specialized game store to sell a tote of old games from my youth. Got a decent price, and they have a process for shipping games to them. Will definitely use them once I find the remainder at home. Two totes gone...

100% jacka$$

I couldn't wait, we cracked one of the slices jar open today. Wife approves, reminded her of her grandmother's pickles.

This is the first trip since Memorial Day. Dude weekend