Twisp of Fate

A little over a week ago, we were able to borrow back our little John Deere tractor, “Deere Prudence”, from the guy who bought it when we moved from Benson Creek about 3 years ago.  We had a few projects to do around here that required some heavy lifting.

Last Sunday Rick fetched some rocks which were originally pulled out of the alfalfa fields, and now line an S-curve about a quarter mile up the Wolf Creek Rd.  We of course asked permission to take them, and they were more than happy to get rid of some of them, although we barely made a dent.  We will be using these in the area in front of the house where we want to do a little landscaping – mostly grasses and perennials.

The last couple of days, Rick has also used the tractor to haul what remains of our pile of gravel over to where he can spread it around the perimeter of the deck.  And yesterday he also used it with some chains to pull up some small pines and bitterbrush that were growing in the right-of-way along our section of the community road.  There has also been some miscellaneous cleanup of areas where we had burn piles in the last, and hauling some piles of small rocks to an area where we are going to create a rock mound.

So handy – but she is going away again this weekend.  As are we – heading to the Coast for Mothers’ Day, seeing friends, and visiting my Dad up in Anacortes.