It was seventy degrees today. The gutter guys finished up and the electrician corrected his issues, supposedly. The reinspection is tomorrow. My dad continued to paint the trim and it really looks great. I spackled trim, scraped windows, cleaned up outside, and did a number of other things. Tomorrow will be warm again before cooling considerably. We will keep plugging away on the painting and other inside work. If it doesn’t storm as expected I might try to scrape some more windows.
It was super foggy on the mountain this morning and I waited for it to clear a little before biking to check on my car and to get groceries at Piggly Wiggly. The lady told me that the parts had come and they were installing them. So I went back to the house and messed around until she called. Then I walked back because I was a little saddle sore. I returned to the cottage to get my stuff, said hello to Debbie at the pottery place next door, then headed to Huntsville. I needed to go to the bank, and figured that going there wouldn’t take much more time than going up to Franklin, with the added bonus of a prettier drive and no rush hour traffic headed south on 65. I quickly did my business there and enjoyed a scenic trip through Fayetteville and Lewisburg back to the farm.
There I was amazed by two things – the gutters that were installed today and the painting that my dad did inside. The latter especially makes such a huge difference. That was really encouraging. He is staying the night so we went to see Zach at Big Box before getting pizza at Red 7 in town. The bad news is that we failed the electrical inspection, but all the things are easily fixed, so hopefully he will come tomorrow and do them.
I dropped off my car at the shop this morning and walked back to the cottage. This afternoon I returned on a bicycle and was told that they still hadn’t looked at it bit to come back at 4:30. I did, and they said I need a new power steering pump and hoses. They ordered them and hopefully they will arrive tomorrow morning and get installed in the afternoon. So basically two lost days IF everything goes well tomorrow. I took a few things from the car and biked back to the cottage to drop them off. Then I biked to Piggly Wiggly to get some groceries before it got dark. Now I’m just relaxing. I should read something worthwhile. Tomorrow I’ll at least try to do some more biking while I wait on the car. It should be a pretty day.
I did my best to relax up on the mountain today. That entailed finishing my Bob Lee Swagger book d going to see the goats this morning, taking a nice nap this afternoon, and going on a hike at Lake Dimmick this evening. The weather was glorious and it felt so nice to be outside. Sunset was a little boring since there weren’t many clouds in the sky, but I was still able to explore a little area near the lake that I hadn’t visited before. After that I went to the Templeton Library to see the last bit of light fade away. It was very tranquil out. I will stay up here again tonight because I need to get a little work done on my car tomorrow before driving back to the farm. It looks like it will be a clear night with lots of stars so I might bundle up and go look at them. Fortunately it isn’t supposed to be too cold.
Wow, time sure flies. Hard to believe that he is so old. It’s been two months since I’ve seen him. Liz has sent these pictures over the past few days.
