Busy, hot day

Last night a lot of wind came through along with some thunder and lightening and we lost our electricity about 5pm. so we went and sat out on the deck and read a book. we had some wind come in and actually made it too cool to sit out....in June!!. amazing.

We hooked up the generator about 8 so we could function. about 11:30 i just went to bed. no electric yet.

So, this morning i woke up at 5:30...way too early but couldn't go back to sleep. laid there and thought about what i had to do today so figured i might as well get up and get after it.

I am painting the back windows at the studio so i went out there, climbed on the scaffolding and put the first coat of paint on about 6:30.

It was time to spray the orchard so i went out and sprayed the apple, peach and pecan trees. it is a bigger sprayer than i used to have....holds 2 gallons of water and the sprayer is stainless. that is heavy. it had a shoulder strap, but still. the smaller old plastic one was only a gallon and weighed a lot less but it only lasted a couple years so i am glad i got a better one.



we had cleaned out a bunch of old wood out of the barn yesterday....stuff that we had saved for years...'just in case' we needed it. we figured if we didn't need it in 3 or 4 years we could trash it. so we threw that on the burn pile and i set the brush and wood all on fire and monitored that for a couple hours. there was a nice breeze so i just sat out and enjoyed it.

By 11:30 i was done with that so came in and had some lunch. then i got sleepy since i didn't get my 8 hours last night. so i laid on the couch under the ceiling fan and took a 2 hour nap. that felt good.

Getting my second wind, i went and picked up the little trees that i had cut down yesterday. there were 6 of them....i piled them in the trailer and hauled them up in the back by the woodshed. my plan was to cut off the little branches later and leave the trunks for firewood.

I went over to the studio and embroidered my August Santa and got the binding on 1 1/2 quilts. then i went out, crawled back up on the scaffolding and put the second coat of paint on the window...that one is done. so i pulled the scaffolding away from the house and the a/c and figured Jim would help me drag it over to the next window.

Went in and cooled off for a while. then went back out and cut the branches off and put them in the trailer. piled the trunks up to be cut for firewood. then dumped the branches in the burn pile for the beginning of yet another pile to burn.

As long as i was already sweaty, i got Jim to go over to the studio with me and we drug the scaffolding over to the next window. so tomorrow morning i can crawl back up there and put the caulk on. then 2 coats of primer and 2 coats of paint. a 2 day job.

I had a little dinner and am now chillin....may play a computer game for a bit or read. i have a quilt here that i want to put a binding on tonight. and i think that will be my day. i believe i have drunk at least 6 bottles of water today...perhaps more. it was hot. but i accomplished several things on my to-do list so i am happy. perhaps tomorrow i won't work as hard. but....

Still on the to-do list is:
...spray the sticker bushes out in the pasture.
...chain saw up the little trees i cut down.
...cut down a few more trees that are dead
...bake a cherry pie (tomorrow)
...get back to quilting

but for now.....chill