Lazy day of summer

Got a bit of a rest today which was good since I needed it. went back to bed after breakfast, cleaned the stove and then spent the afternoon in the hammock. That wasn’t the original plan but I’ll take a day like this when I can get it.

The plan was to be at the land working away but it didn’t work out quite that way. Yesterday I went outto the Skycroft Campground to oversee the delivery of our free (!) new to us (!) camper trailer. That went reasonably well, a bit of an extra wait for the hauling company as they has to fix their equipment before they could come out. This meant by the time I got the trailer dropped off and hauled roughly into place it was getting late and I didn’t have time before dark to really get the trailer set into place leveled up on blocks to spend the night.

Now that’s a pretty weak excuse I know and really I would have slept in it but for the major issue of the day. I forgot the cooler. With all my food in it. and I had already drank 2/3 of the water I brought. Sure I could have went to bed hungry and headed into town for food in the morning but with no sign of bear damage I figured the work can wait until next week.

So here’s the camper trailer in place but not set up and the intact bee yard:

First Sting

The good news is that neither the Boss or I appear to be allergic to the bee stings. We both got stung yesterday trying to evict a few bees from our shed.



They are building honeycomb in there and don't seem to want to move. Which is doubly bad in that my tools are in there and I don't want to have to suit up for bees overtime I want a tool and that the bear wants the honey. That being the only stuff still outside the electric fence Mr. Bear tore the corner off the shed.

At least I've got Beatrice back with a working clutch but man if you think getting your car fixed is expensive don't buy a tractor. I'm almost to thinking the big ATV with powered implements might be the way to go. Nah, there's still something exhilarating about driving the tractor that an ATV just doesn't have. On the tractor you really feel like you're working even when you're just driving somewhere. I mean you're driving a tractor, obviously there's some serious work about to be done!

Sexima

So I'm driving down the road on this fine Canada Day, a holiday for most but defending the food you eat is an endless job so I'm coming home from work and what do I see in front of me? An Altima? A Maxima? No, a Sexima. Yes you read that right, a Sexima. This dude in front of me has gone though the trouble to actually physically change the letters on the back of his maxima to Sexima. Yeah, I was speechless.

Happy Canada Day