Hope this finds you well. With visits from grandkids, helping neighbors, life in general and the fact it's just plain hot, we haven't made much progress of late. But that's not to say there hasn't been some.
The big news is the plywood countertops in the kitchen are finally history. It's another one of those projects where we didn't really know what we were doing so we spent more time reading, youtube-ing, and discussing approaches than we did actually doing the countertops. Some time ago we decided to do concrete and they are finally in. Some refinement may still come. First was the island bar top that was poured in a form and then flipped over and put in place (with the help of our friend Tony). The rest were poured in place.
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| Susan woking on the form for island bar top |
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| The island countertop framed up and the bar top in place |
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| The last and biggest piece poured |
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| We like the look of the chiseled edge and it hides some imperfections |
The garden was a bigger success than last year. But there is still room for improvement.
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| The haul for a couple of days |
Our friend and neighbor Stan came across some honey bees that had taken up residence in a water meter in town. Susan has kept bees before and I was interested so we got together some beekeeping stuff and went and got them and upgraded them to a better neighborhood, next to our garden. They only stayed a few days and then moved on. We may well try again in the spring.
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| That's Brian suited up and gently moving comb and bees |
Over a year ago we bought a 1955 model 600 Ford tractor. I posted pictures of it at the time. Sad to say it just wouldn't cut it. Pun intended. It's neat and it runs well but it just doesn't have the power to mow what we need it to mow. And not having a front end loader and bucket was a shortcoming as well. So we bit the bullet and bought another tractor, one that should last us forever. And it has shade, power steering and a comfortable seat!
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| 2014 New Holland 55HP |
I believe that covers it for now. Take care!
Brian
