Here's Tasha admiring last Thursday's sunrise. Well, she probably heard a deer in the nearby woods. I don't think the sunrise really interests her. We see roe deer in this spot often. And yesterday I saw what I think was a fox on the edge of another vineyard parcel. It was quite a distance away from where I was standing, so I can't be certain.
Grilling season continues with hamburgers yesterday. Ken made a delicious potato salad to go with them. I'm not sure what's on the menu for today, but maybe we'll grill again.
In other news, the riding mower is back in service! You might recall that I had unintentionally let the battery go dead last fall. Apparently, I was supposed to remove the battery at the end of the cutting season and recharge it periodically through the winter. We bought a charger last fall and I was able to save the battery. Yesterday I reinstalled it in the mower and lo! it works. The other problem I had with the mower is that the front tires had completely deflated. So, we bought a household air compressor that plugs into the car's cigarette lighter. There are also tires on the wheelbarrow and a hand truck that need to be reinflated. I haven't done that yet, but the mower tires filled as expected and I cut the north forty yesterday afternoon. Today: the west forty!
Beautiful photo. I’m sure the brilliant Tasha was admiring the sunrise.
ReplyDeleteGreat news on the successful startup of the riding mower! I'm glad you have it for taking care of your yard.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very atmospheric photo. Truly speaks to the simple pleasures of the countryside. Must be kind of fun to use the riding mower. What do you do about areas that are too difficult to get to?
ReplyDeleteSeeing a fox is special.
ReplyDeleteWhenever you come to mind, I picture you and Tasha walking through the vineyards. We got sick of that cringe feeling you get when the "wishbone" lights up on your car's dashboard, and having to search for a place that had air pumps (and didn't charge.) We finally bought a small electric air pump and it was the best thing we ever bought. No more anxiety about tires needing air. Its great for the car, bikes, and wheeled yard equipment.
ReplyDeletemitch, :)
ReplyDeletejudy, I had another setback on Tuesday. I'm hopeful it will be resolved today. Machines. Aaack!
kiwi, I have a smaller push-mower that comes in handy for that stuff.
evelyn, I mistook one for Collette many years back.
sassybear, the one we got is from Amazon. We'll soon see about the wheel barrow and the hand-truck.