Barn walkway done

 Over the last couple of days, I put another 1000 lbs or so on the barn walkway. It seems to be at grade now, a nice level walk over to the walk gate.

 There was a lot of "hole" to fill in, and I cut all the wild roses away from the fence here.

There is still a bit of pipe on the other side of the fence that Heather and I will need to get covered, but that will require dirt or compost materials.

Walkway almost done

 The crossing is starting to look good. There is still a small dip to the left of the shadow that will need a bit more.

 It took about two more tons of dust with a few slightly larger chunks mixed in  to get it this close.

 Considering I started with about an 18" washout, it is looking pretty good.

Heidi and Tessa were watching me the whole time. I think they wanted to help.

Working on projects

 I started filling in some muddy spots and leveled up the steps for the shed. Some of the extra made a slightly higher walkway. All the gravel I put down last year had sunk into the mud.

 I dug out the bottom of the drainage and put the pipe in. This is where Heather crosses when she goes to the barn.

 It is sealed and I'm trying to bring it up to grade. I've put almost a thousand pounds of rock dust around the pipe so far. It still needs a bunch more, but the crossing is WAY better than it was before.

Heidi wanted to help. So did Tessa, but she was behind the brush on the other side.

Catching up

 As you might guess, the first couple pictures are from Christmas. I seem to recall the batteries in my camera dying as I took the second shot.

 Allen doesn't look like this anymore. He cut his hair off and shaved. He also left today for ANOTHER week in France for his job.

 Today was very warm and I took advantage of that to wax the truck. It shined up pretty well, even with the old wax I had.

It had been in the shed and repeatedly frozen. It separated and changed consistency from that. It didn't go on very well and didn't wipe off and shine right, either. Took a lot more work to get it to buff up to a glossy finish.

Freezer is full

 I took this at Thanksgiving. It's nice getting everyone together. Heather was especially overjoyed.

 I picked Hedy up this morning at the butcher shop. Live weight was 1190 lbs.

 We got 7 flats, as expected. Plus a bag of bones for Heather to take to a co-worker.

The hanging weight was a little higher than expected, but we had enough space in the freezers.

Hunting season 2016

 I got a nice 8 pointer this afternoon just before sunset.

The freezer was getting a bit low- Hedy doesn't go in for almost another month. It will be fine now.

Work truck got bent

 My work truck got bent up yesterday. There was a chain reaction in the other lane and one of the cars got bounced into my lane.

 No serious injuries, but there were several bent-up vehicles, with a Honda minivan getting the worst of it.

The damage to my truck is mostly cosmetic because of the fiberglass hood and fenders, but there are a couple of broken parts under it, like a shock absorber and a sheared U-bolt.