It was a quiet day on the farm here in the valley yesterday as far as I know. We were gone by 8:00 AM. We took our daughters and grandson down to Hill Airforce Base to have a look around the museum there. It was amazing to see in person the B-52, the C-130, the Wright Flyer, and the many other aircraft in between. There was so much history there! We walked around two building full of aircraft, including the P-51, which was amazing to be able to see up close. But when we walked into the third building and I pointed out to Missus that the SR-71 was in the back corner, she looked at it, then looked at me and smiled and said, “We can go home now.” That was all she wanted to do. See her favorite plane of all. It’s the lines, the color, and the design that she loves so much. I love that it’s the fastest piloted aircraft ever made, that it is made of Russian titanium from a time when it was a feat to get hold of it, and that the plane changes temperature so much in flight that while it leaks fluid like crazy, it all expands with the temperature and stops leaking in flight.
We got home late in the afternoon and did our chores and kept our feet up for the most part. For me a day of walking around after a day of helping Missus to clean up the granary and shed and other chores would have normally killed me. But since going on a diet, I have been able to keep at it, then go to bed feeling as good as I did when I woke up in the morning. I cannot think of a time in my life when I have been able to do that! Even as a teen, I would do a day at school then a shift at work in the grocery store, and that was more than enough to leave me sore as can be. It’s come as such a surprise to me that a change in diet could accomplish such a massive change in how I have been feeling! I have always suspected that other people have had it much better than me on this score, but not knowing first-hand what “normal” feels like, I could not have ever been sure. I just knew I could not keep up, and that I have been called lazy for it. That hurts. But there is no point in being bitter for it. Best to just keep at work and get things done and make this farm look the way I want it to. It’s a far shot from it now, so there is plenty to do this autumn.
Today Missus has our daughters and I for cleaning up some more around the house. She has more art supplies than anyone I have ever heard of. So we are trying to break the back of some cleaning and get her better organized and set up for success. She has a hard time finding things now, and too much stuff out to be worked on too. It’s difficult to move around, and we need to get some breathing room in the house.
I’d like to get the posts stood up this week on the woodshed. I was wanting to get the posts prepared and dressed for it, but the weekend has had other things in store, and that’s just fine. I figure the week is mine.
It’s Farmer’s Market week this week. It’s been getting darker at the Market with the winter sun on its way. I bought some lights for the stall, and a cord to plug them in with. I put them in an extra aluminum box I had sitting around the shop wasting space. Now the shed is clean, I can store it in there, and clear one more thing out of my shop!
A clean shop has been one of my side goals while working on the shed. I will work on the shed while I can, then if it gets too hot in the sunlight, I go into the shop and clean a bit. I have genuinely made progress at that, and I think this winter will be the best yet, as the shop will be usable, rather than stuffed with junk dumped into it for the season. It’s not much of a shop, especially for show. I don’t even have anything like drywall in the building. Bare studs face into the building. I am pretty sure that if I do cover them, I will do it with shiplap. After all, I can make that all day long.
So, that’s where things are at here on the farm for today, Sunday, September 22nd, 2024. Well wishes to you, dear reader. Thanks for stopping by!