Good Morning
48° with a high of 65 under partly to mostly cloudy skies.
Pretty sure I didn’t check in for the last couple days, it’s been pretty busy.
Been getting my daily dose of CAD tasks, I think at my age, repetition and the law of primacy are helpful when learning. Here was yesterday’s project, it was just the blending of two drawings.
Other highlights include emptying the manure bin-
It was heaped up taller than sides, and spilling out the front.
I went to pressure wash the loader afterwards, but the pressure washer had no compression. It sat inside all winter, so I figured it was likely a stuck valve, so I removed the valve cover and saw the exhaust valve was stuck, so I smacked it with a rubber faced hammer, which did free it, but also launched the rotator cap into parts unknown. My grandson and I combed the area with a magnet sweeper with no success. It probably would have been better if I had moved it into the shop to work on it rather than doing it in the grass. Ultimately I turned a new part on the lathe so I could get it running and the tractor cleaned up. I didn’t harden it, so I don’t expect it to last forever, but it got me out of a jam.
Has a nice breakfast with the professor, we seem to be able to identify the worlds problems, but so far, not solve any…..
Made a Costco run, got some pork shoulders that will go into the smoker this afternoon for tomorrow’s lunch. It’s shearing day for the alpacas, I always feed the crew, this year it will be pulled pork.
Zoe has been having a ball, as we have been outside a lot, taking advantage of the gorgeous weather. She ran around like a maniac, using shrubbery and machinery as pylons. She helped the grandson with his excavation project as well.
I’ll try to remember to get picture of the shearing tomorrow, it’s always quite the production. I’m sure that I forgot lots of stuff that transpired, but hopefully hit the highlights.
