It turns out that the official Notch Hop ride was last week, so there has been a change of venue for the father's day jaunt. We wound up simply going to Burlington on the old road, Rte 2. There were only 2 of us and the other one had a son playing in a soccer tournament. I dropped him off and watched for awhile, and then I left to go visit my new grandniece and her parents for awhile.
Emmaline was asleep when I got there, but her parents were awake, so I had coffee and a piece of pie. I find that it is a rare occasion when I refuse pie. Emmaline woke up during pie consumption after sleeping for all of 15 mins. Babies do have their own irreversible and unchangeable schedule. It's amazing how fast they change at this age. She was noticeably bigger in just a week.
Apres baby and pie, I went in search of the soccer dad, but I was 45 mins later than the agreed upon time and he was gone in search of food, so I headed to home.
It has taken 3 days, though not full days, to complete trimming of the lilac. That bush better bloom like crazy next year or else! I finally raked up the remains and put them with the other organic compost down in the lower 40. Next I get out the chain saw and do some serious pruning on the other lilac, which has grown 20' tall and is seriously out of control. It should be easier and faster since I won't need to be as careful.
Went to the concert at Lamb Abby last night and as expected, it was wonderful. There were about 30 people there. There should have been 200, but that only made it better for those of us who were smart enough to show up. It was almost like being in someone's living room, only with strange decorations. They played a good variety of music from Irish to Old Time, interspersed with a few songs and good stage banter. Afterwards, we all sat around and played a few tunes for about 45 mins. There were about 10-12 of us just sitting, playing, talking and having a good time. It's pretty nice when the artists are willing to just hang around and play music with the audience, and they had a good time doing it as well.
Today, we start on the side porch, tearing off the old floor, replacing the floor beams and joists and replacing new flooring. I hope there is enough good weather to get the paint down before the new tenant moves in. The reconstruction should only take about 2 days, so I've got a pretty good window.
I need to go work on this, so see ya later. ( I wish someone would come up with a system which would automatically type out these unorganized thoughts so that I didn't have to struggle through imparting my high school typing skills manually. Trying to correct the huge error rate is so time consuming--)
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