Bayberry Cottage
• Nov. 7, 2009 - A Very Short Indian Summer ~ Saturday
The weather today was delightful! It was around 60-degrees and sunny. After three weeks of largely cold, dreary and/or wet weather, this has been a most welcome relief! I shall soak it up as long as it lasts, because the cold is about to settle in for good.
The horse barn is coming along in very pleasantly. All that is left on the outside is to build the stall doors and side the north wall under the open aisleway. I've built some storage shelves in the tack room, hung a half dozen bridle racks (a paltry number, but adequate for now) and enough saddle racks to hang up all seven saddles. (Yes, I have entirely too many saddles, but that is another matter!)
In the feed room I built a feed counter with a shelf above it for storing supplements, additives, medications, etc..., which, in itself is a reward for the work I put into it. Underneath I can store the grain, the mounting block and extra feed pans. It's a little clumsy to have those feed pans in there, but I think I will eventually put a wider shelf up toward the ceiling somewhere to hold such things.
Today, though, having thrown out my back, I tried to moderate myself and not do too much heavy work. I say "moderate" but though I did less than I otherwise would have, I still did too much. I have a hard time being incapacitated in any way. There is little in me that finds pleasure in laying around or shirking when there are things to be done. Admittedly, though, I am having some difficulty in keeping my steam up. I am ready for a break.
Still, I brought home enough lumber to build a manure composting bin eight feed deep by sixteen feed wide, by five feet tall, divided down the middle into two eight by eight compartments. I would have liked three compartments, but the extra work and expense was not welcome just now. If I need that third bin (which I suspect I will), I will have to wait until spring to construct it.
I was just so glad to have lovely weather to be painting outside and so forth today. Thank you, my Lord and Savior for the blessings you give us as they come. |
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