Week Two - Thursday

 Dubuque Day - New mural?

 picked up about 3 dozen cigarette butts in the alley

 Susie trimmed up the clamatis and mulched

I layed down a small brick pad with the bricks that Luke's mom brought up.

In about a month we'll have some spring flowers.

Week Two - Wednesday

 Last sap run of the year.

Jace and Josh built this sap platform that holds about 80 gallons.

 We tipped the tank and got about 30 gallons of sap 

 Transfer tank pulled into place at Jace's Sugar Shack.

 After a little fishing and cat care.  I tuned up the mower and the tiller.  After the rains that are scheduled to come this weekend things are going to green up in a hurry.

Think Spring.

Week Two - Tuesday.

 Today I had to restock the wood pile

 It beats a gym membership... cut it, carry it up hill,  load it in the truck,

unload it... chop it and stack it.

 Hit the break room.  This is the first time in a long time that I've had and taken the time to read for pleasure.  Break is over.

 Roll the compost pile

 We took a drive down to Green Island just to get out of the house

 wtf?

Not as  many birds on the refuge as I  had hoped. Some ducks, geese, a swan and pelacans off in the distance.  maybe next time 

 After cleaning a few hives and hand tilling a small patch I raked out the edge of lane.

Jerry helped out.

Smokin

Week Two - Monday.

We woke up to a dusting of snow covering the ground this morning

 By the time I went to Maquoketa and made it to the stream most of the snow had melted.

Catching a couple nice browns made my day

Quarentini & Netflix Ugly Delicious

 Quarentini

 We got a dog walk in,fed Jess's cats and wet a line before the snow

 one good thing about crappy weather was 

Susie made a tort.

 Ugly delicious and this was delicious.

It was as good as it looks and how do you think it will be with coffee?

Four Weeks - Day five.

Todays project.  Time to fire up the truck and move some wood.  I turn the key and nothing.

Jump it and drive down to the lower end of the yard down by the willow.

 Don't shut it off... dam too late.  oh well, lets get the wood loaded up.

Ok first hike down to the sugar bush and get the chainsaw oil.  

 Wood loaded, brush cleared and burned.  Now its time to get it out of here.

Not so fast... the hay field is too greasy.  Stuck and unstuck.  On to the next project.

 Rak, uncover new growth and burn.

This part of Bee Keeping sucks.  Cleaning up frames that have been infested with

wax moths.

Nasty

Four Weeks - Day Four

 We ventured over the boarder to Wisconsin to Hook's cheese in Mineral Point.

After some shopping in DBQ, it was time for some shop time back home.
I plugged a few more logs and put a fresh edge on my axes and Susie's favorite hoe.