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Oct. 9th, 2019 10:18 am- I cannot do roof work anymore. It really annoys my back, to the point that 30 minutes on a roof means a day of doing very little else while I wait for the impingement to go down. J has discovered that he is no longer 45, and will do no more roofing, either. OTOH, the garage now has a spiffy new roof to match the house.
- 6" of rain takes a long time to dry out, especially when the temperature drops. I think I'll be able to step into gardens today, but even yesterday afternoon the larger flowerbeds were too wet to step into. I was able to get reach into them, and get the edges cut back and weeded. Today I plan on working on the edging around the pond, which J got about half-done, ran into a stretch where he needed gloves and long sleeves and never went back to it. Hopefully, the shovel-cut hasn't grown back, because I don't think I can do that today.
- it is now fall. Cool and clear. No frost yet, but it's been below 40F(4C) the last couple of mornings. The deer have been drinking the birdbath dry overnight. Birdseed consumption has dropped, as there's plenty of food in the fields/on the trees, and the babies are old enough to forage for themselves. It'll go up when migration gets heavy.
- Monday was annoying-ish. The FCB is rehearsing/performing in a new space, one which has been renovated since we last performed there, and we didn't use the bandroom then anyway. So Monday, we rehearsed on stage (for Reasons). I set up a line of black music stands with signs on them directing people to the stage. The first one was in the middle of the otherwise empty bandroom, and said "FCB on Stage" with an arrow pointing to another stand with an arrow, etc; all the way to the stage door. Every single time I was in the bandroom getting equipment, somebody asked "where's the stage?" Read the signs, people. Yes, I know you've never gotten there from here. there are only a few people in the band who have. that's why I put the signs up, yanno? OTOH, we did get reasonable participation in the "please take the band chairs back to the bandroom at the end of rehearsal".... (note to self: put black & red chisel tip markers into band bag. and paper.)
- 6" of rain takes a long time to dry out, especially when the temperature drops. I think I'll be able to step into gardens today, but even yesterday afternoon the larger flowerbeds were too wet to step into. I was able to get reach into them, and get the edges cut back and weeded. Today I plan on working on the edging around the pond, which J got about half-done, ran into a stretch where he needed gloves and long sleeves and never went back to it. Hopefully, the shovel-cut hasn't grown back, because I don't think I can do that today.
- it is now fall. Cool and clear. No frost yet, but it's been below 40F(4C) the last couple of mornings. The deer have been drinking the birdbath dry overnight. Birdseed consumption has dropped, as there's plenty of food in the fields/on the trees, and the babies are old enough to forage for themselves. It'll go up when migration gets heavy.
- Monday was annoying-ish. The FCB is rehearsing/performing in a new space, one which has been renovated since we last performed there, and we didn't use the bandroom then anyway. So Monday, we rehearsed on stage (for Reasons). I set up a line of black music stands with signs on them directing people to the stage. The first one was in the middle of the otherwise empty bandroom, and said "FCB on Stage" with an arrow pointing to another stand with an arrow, etc; all the way to the stage door. Every single time I was in the bandroom getting equipment, somebody asked "where's the stage?" Read the signs, people. Yes, I know you've never gotten there from here. there are only a few people in the band who have. that's why I put the signs up, yanno? OTOH, we did get reasonable participation in the "please take the band chairs back to the bandroom at the end of rehearsal".... (note to self: put black & red chisel tip markers into band bag. and paper.)
