Real Vacation

Woke up around seven and started my day. I hadn’t got the early start I did yesterday so I was determined to get a move on today with things. I had the last leftover blueberry pancake and some cake for breakfast. Apparently being on vacation means you can do what you want. I got myself dressed and collected my gear. My plan was to do some weedwhacking while it is cool out in the morning and then move on to some other tasks when the day warms up. I got quite a bit done with the gas powered trimmer. I was able to do the ditch, a couple of spots by the trees out back and everything I did back in June. Most of it is barely noticeable but it beats the bush back and keeps things cleaner a bit longer. It will take a few years to get the property sparkling but this is a start. I was outfitted with the Husqvarna starter pack. When I used that canister of fuel up I figured that was enough for the day.

Like I said, this is just the start. Below is a picture of one of the trees at the back of the property. I’ve trimmed back the grass and the weeds now but there is some serious tree trimming left to go to make it look cleaner. That will have to be on the to-do list for later.

As I was washing the grass off my shins the Big T rolled in to have an early lunch before going to work on the farm. He was followed by the Mayor and my aunt who happened to be in the neighbourhood checking their auxillary garden. They wanted to visit a bit and Big T was game for that while he chortled down three hot dogs. It wasn’t much later that Mother returned from her morning adventures. Every left minutes after she arrived. She made some lunch for us around noon. Today featured some Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup and some mini croissants. I chose to have some low calorie Sun Rype blueberry juice. It was good, maybe a bit watery. It was a nice little meal and I topped it with a piece of cake. I also had at least three pints of water to try and rehydrate after all of the sweat that poured out of me.

Big T had requested that I do him a little favour today. He wanted me to pull the tire off the little sprayer for him so he could get it properly repaired and had that implement available for some spot spraying this fall. He even went as far as to tell me where the tools to do it were. For this task I needed a bottle jack, the cordless impact and sockets. That cordless impact is the most valuable tool on the farm. I was able to quickly jack that axle up and within minutes got that tire off. I lined up the bolts on top of the sprayer and that was that, couldn’t have been easier. Loading the tire in my truck was another matter. I didn’t know what he wanted done with it and didn’t replay to my text with that question. I ended up using the board I custom cut for my truck to keep items from sliding to the front as a ramp and rolled it up after realizing it was too awkward to just lift up. I used that board as a bridge between my truck and the Big T’s and put it in there for him to deal with before returning all the tools and driving home.

Mother and I watched more Ted Lasso until it was time to make supper. She did all the work in preparing a pasta salad. After I took my share she added onions and pickles to her bowl, gross! I shucked some corn and she cooked in the air fryer, it was spectacular. I also added a couple of slices of the leftover pork tenderlion that was left because I felt like we didn’t have enough meat in the meal. A

fter dinner and cleaning up we quickly discovered that Ted Lasso is releasing by the week and the latest one isn’t available yet. We pivoted to watch the Upside on Netflix. It was better than I expected. As the movie drew to a close the Big T rolled in like a loud hurricane. I went to my room shortly after and ended up falling asleep around half nine. I was anticipating a big morning the next day so wanted to get to bed extra early.