Half Wy There

Here is a photo Andrea took last night....a very dramatic sunset starring Buddy.  She has such a spectacular view.

This morning I woke up to a gorgeous day.  Scott was here with his tractor by 9am to chain saw the huge branches and pile them up around the base of the willow tree.  Gary continued adding the smaller stuff to the six piles we had started.  Minor contributions from me.

I left around 11 to do some errands.  Gary raked up the remains and we are ready for the town dump truck to arrive tomorrow afternoon so we can fill it with all this smaller stuff.  Cooper will be assisting.

I thought the pile around the trunk would be even bigger.

Little Wonder observed but kept his distance.

My first stop was Salon Sage, where I dropped off the picture frames for the art show.

Then I stopped at Pettinari's to pick up a chicken salad sub and a big brownie for Andrea.

This was her birthday.  

I was able to groom Buddy and took him out for some grass.  Of course he had apples, carrots and cookies.  He now has a shiny coat, but it's going to take awhile to pick up some weight.  He has an appointment with the dentist in June, has been wormed, and will have his feet trimmed soon.

He has only been here for 7 days and is getting plenty of groceries and supplements.

Gary and I took it easy late afternoon and went down to 58 Main for dinner.

Night all.

 

About the Willow Tree

82 degrees and gorgeous.

I spent some time organizing the back porch and it's looking much better.

Scott called and said he and his friend Tom were coming over to check out the willow tree mess so we could figure out how to get rid of all this.

Tomorrow he will bring over his chain saw and tractor with a bucket so he can cut and move the big chunks near the willow tree trunk....out of the way.  Then on Thursday, the town garage is dropping off a dump truck and all those smaller piles will be put in there and picked up Friday at 6am.  Hopefully Cooper will be available to help his Grampa! In the next couple of weeks, Tom will come back to trim up all the dead branches, seal the parts where the huge branches fell off and then he will remove the remaining (very heavy) stuff.

Gary went to yoga and out to lunch with his pals and then ran a bunch of errands.  He came home with a piece of rhubarb pie, made by some friends (with what we had given them).  A perfect dessert before dinner snack.

Late afternoon we went out to the Studio to make some name cards to be placed in the lanyards he ordered for everyone attending his Native Plant presentation (which will be coming up in June).  

 

Little Wonder supervised.

I made a delicious dinner.  Bratwurst, sauerkraut, boiled potatoes and applesauce.

LW had chicken and boiled potatoes with his meal.

Then it was nap time.  He loves using a pillow.

Over and out.

Night all.

 

Lesson Number Two

We had a dreary start to the day, but by noon it was gorgeous and we hit 71 degrees.  I was very happy to receive this photo of my friend Sandra's 26 year old stallion.  Such a peaceful sight.  It arrived when I was out in the Studio giving another lesson to my friend John.  This was only our second time working together and boy! is he going to be a quick study.

He has learned many of the chords and played my baritone uke today....I played the bass and that was fun for a change.  I put together a book of about 20 songs that are in the easy category and I just know he will be practicing like crazy.  Next week we will go in to Rochester to get him his own baritone uke.

I taught him a new strum today and he even played my bass for a few minutes.

This is what we sounded like learning "Stand By Me."  Just remember...this is only the 2nd time.

We were done by 12:30 and it was a good session.

Of course Little Wonder had kept us company.

Gary spent many hours in the kitchen garden and planted peppers, tomatoes, parsley and basil.  Some of the strawberry plants are now a foot tall.

LW had a little break while I came up with a statement to write on the mat for the photo going in the art show next week.

Fortunately we had leftovers from last night for dinner.

Night all.

Clean Up On Aisle 4

Another ugmo day.  It's nice that I have such a cute dog to wake up to.

Gary dropped me off at Wegmans on his way to coffee this morning.   When we got back to the farm I cleaned up the back porch and did a few things around the house.

Went out to get some close up shots of the willow tree.

Outrageous!

Gary started taking things apart and then Finn and Coop came up to help.  So grateful.

 An early dinner was on tap with Jen, Scott and the boys at 5.  Scott has had a lot of experience with trees and has a friend who will come over to clean up this mess.

We got shish ki bobs put together and

Gary was on grill duty.

I made lomain and salad.

What a great meal!

We had rhubarb cookies and vanilla ice cream for dessert.

Everyone was gone by 7:15 and I'm ready for a nap.  So is Little Wonder.

Night all.