Monday, January 07, 2013

WOOD FENCE IS DONE, MORE CRUSHED STONE ON THE WAY, & SAYING GOODBYE TO A NEIGHBOR

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Busy week coming up.  Our roofer guy dropped off 7 bundles of roofing material this morning & hopes to be back Tuesday or Wednesday.  Said the job will definitely be finished this week.

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THIS IS THE SECTION OF ROOF TO BE DONE & THESE SHINGLES WILL ALL BE COMING OFF 

We have company coming from Rochester NY a week from today so we have things to tidy up around here.  Motorhome needs a run, a spiff up, tanks attended to & set up in ‘living mode’ .  Kelly brought the last post & rails back from Wickenburg today so I was finally able to finish up the wood fence project.

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WOOD FENCE IS NOW DONE

Gravel truck coming in the morning with a big load of red crushed stone to finish off my gravel project around the house.  That ought to keep me busy with my shovel & wheelbarrow for a few days.  Today I began by removing some of the half inch gravel from some places & using it to widen our parking area.  The gravel we have coming Tuesday is a smaller three eights size & that will go into the places I removed gravel from today.  I will also spread it completely around the house & that will help keep inside floors cleaner.  I feel three eights crushed stone is nicer to walk on than half inch.  Lot of extra work, but that’s the way it is.

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REMOVED HALF INCH STONE IN SOME AREAS & WILL REPLACE WITH THREE EIGHTS INCH STONE

We lost our good neighbor Bud today.  No, Bud didn’t die, but he did pack up & move to Oklahoma.  Met Bud last March & he kept any eye on our place over the summer.  By the time we arrived in November, Bud was already over in California working a job till just after Christmas.  He returned a couple days ago just long enough to pack up all his belongings in a U-Haul trailer & head for Oklahoma City.  He is starting a ranch job in Texas shortly & will not be back to Congress.  Bud didn’t own the place beside us so we don’t know what will become of it.  Bud was a good neighbor.

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SAYING GOOD-BYE TO OUR NEIGHBOR BUD THIS MORNING

I don’t know how we forgot to bring the Jeep’s rear seat with us but we did.  Maybe has something to do with the fact we took the rear seat out of the Jeep just days after we bought it back in June of 06.  ‘Out of sight out of mind’ as they say.  For sure I will have ‘jeep seat’ on my ‘things to pack’ list for this Fall’s southwest return!!

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ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A 4 WHEEL DRIVE JEEP, SOFT SANDY WASHES LIKE THIS ALWAYS GIVE ME SOME CONCERN

I miss my Bayfield country road drives.  Readers will remember the many drives Pheebe & I often take when back in Ontario for the summer.  Throw a couple cameras in the Jeep, crank up some nice ambient music & away we would go for a few hours cruising the back country roads just totally enjoying the fine days & lovely scenery.  I needed a flat bottomed shovel today so Pheebs & I snagged the Jeep & headed off to Yarnell.  Just like old times.  I miss my relaxing solitary drives.

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CAN YOU SEE THE LARGE SLEEPING FISH LIKE ELEPHANT STONE SNAIL

Closest hardware store is a short 20 minute scenic drive away in the little town of Yarnell.  Highway 89 climbs 2,500 feet in 4 miles up the side of the Weaver mountains.  This is an exhilarating drive on a great piece of cliff hugging highway.  It is one of those stretches of road one pays close attention to, either ascending or descending the mountain.  The ‘Yarnell Hill’ is known to motorcyclists far & wide.  It has claimed many of them over the years.

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Didn’t take Pheebs & I long to round up our stuff at the Yarnell hardware store & on the way home we stopped at the Arrowhead Roadhouse just outside of Congress for a big mess of bacon & eggs.  Like I said, it had been a long time since being out for a drive by myself so I just had to celebrate with a good old greasy breakfast.   

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SUNDAY WAS A FINE DAY FOR A DESERT WALK

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Old people shouldn't eat health foods. They need all the preservatives they can get!!

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9 comments:

  1. you and Kelly will have the place all spiffed up and ready for some company in no time!! Looking mighty fine already!!

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  2. Man, you been busy again!!! Lookin good tho,,, Hey, Thanks for the Windmill picture,,,that was a good one! Pretty new windmill for way out there... Makes one wonder how they got the well drilling rig way out there don;t it?

    Thanks for the advice not to let Mega2 out so the Big old Horned Owls could get her... She never goes out alone,,,but she loves it when I walk around with her or take her a ride in her stroller or the golf cart.... Enjoy you company coming fron NY....

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  3. Skip says to tell you he'd like some of that 3/8 rock where he parks.

    Your fence looks really good.

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  4. You sure have got the old homestead looking good. I like the looks of that rail fence.

    Hope you saved a bit of that bacon for Pheebs !!

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  5. Nice job on that fence, Al. Looks real fine! It will be nice to get the roof job done, and the new gravel in, too. Busy times for you this year, but the results are really looking good! Love those photos, the imagination can really run wild with pictures like that.

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  6. I insisted we bring the jeep seat this year so Rollie and Gina could ride places with us--then what do we do--we go out and buy a car that has third row seating--plenty of room! You asked a while back Al if we sold the jeep--nope, Michael won't sell the jeep although out at the job site he has someone ask every day!

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  7. Al, you sure have a lot more energy than I do, but then you're about 30 years younger, I think. We still want to get out your way to see your place, and now that you have it just about done, maybe we can get there one day!

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  8. Love that rail fence...very homey looking and rustic...You two sure have put lots of work into that place...Do you ever miss the "wandering"??

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  9. I kind of like Bud's camping arrangement. Well, I kind of like his truck too. Used to have a Tundra. Loved it.
    I guess he was a quiet neighbour, and it was a fortuitous thing that he was willing to keep an eye on the place when he did.
    I'm sure you'll miss him in some ways.

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