This weekend was an interesting study in ‘hurry up and relax’. I have about 48 hours at home.. and I am trying to fit as much nothing in as I can

 

‘nothing’ includes time with family.. .. time in my shop.. which desperately needed cleaning

CLeaning my shop is catahartic.. . its a great metaphor for clearing a crowded and busy mind. 

 

you might not be able to see the  big difference here.. but it involved sorting a bunch of electronics, fixing a tesla coil. 

sorting tools. putting away chemicals.. I’m a new man when it’s done. 

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one thing that turned up during my cleaning were some huge smoke-bombs made by my buddy scott.   they are only potassium nitrate and paraffin . !

lighting one of those contributed to the cleaning !

 

 

Diane and I tried to o get the girls out for a  hieke. but it was still too cold .. It was over 10 degress. but had been -5 F  ~ -21 C

last night. THe dogs revolted and woulnd’t hike.. so we brought them home and went back on our own. We followed our own tracks from yesterday up the hill. it was slow going in all that snow.. still more than 2 feet deep. . I made a point of steppign on the places I’d missed yesterday in order to better smooth the trail for the next folks coming through. 

 

here’s in front of us. 

 

here’s what I left behind. 

I dropped by the makeshift lean-to we found and placed a samstone  there. 

 

 

now .. gettign sleepy. goign to play soem pool then go to sleep..

more from the road tomorrow. 

nite all. nite sam

-me