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saturday i got up early and went into town and did laundry and took the fishing pole i bought at Bimart back and exchanged it for another one. i went fishing after i finished the chores at Fern Ridge, near the dam. Didnt catch anything but I did scout out a couple other places to return to. my face and neck and forearms are all sunburned. being near the lake i guess you get more sun. i feel a little bit woosey today.
near the dam, there is a state park there. i walked through it on my way to the spillway, where i was going to fish. it was completely deserted. there were concrete picnic benches and tables all over, maybe 24 of them total. and it looked like nobody ever goes there anymore. i think back in the 60s to the 80s there was alot of people who would go to parks and just hang out, drink beer, burn meat, that sort of thing. now, everyone stays inside and just watches tv or works on the internet. as much as i was annoyed at first with only having dialup at home, i am beginning to get used to it. the empty parks feel sad to me, abandoned.
sunday i worked in the yard and shoveled about 10 wheelbarrows of yard waste and put them into the make shift compost bin i made out of some used pallets. that took a long time. i had to mow part of the pasture and then i raked and shoveled the waste. i really want a pitch fork. it was made for doing that work. my back hurts still from having to stoop over. i need to rethink the compost bin too, its sort of falling over on one side. i may buy some wire fencing and just use that instead of the pallet wood. i keep watching craigslist for a used composter, i saw a tumbler on there for 50 dollars a few weeks ago and i am kicking myself for not buying it.
i would like to start a worm bed also, and winter grow boxes with glass panes on them.
last night my dog woke me up barking at something in the yard she could see out of the second story windows in the bedroom. i didnt hear or see anything. but i had trouble getting back to sleep. the past couple of nights i have been waking up. i really need a full nights rest.
near the dam, there is a state park there. i walked through it on my way to the spillway, where i was going to fish. it was completely deserted. there were concrete picnic benches and tables all over, maybe 24 of them total. and it looked like nobody ever goes there anymore. i think back in the 60s to the 80s there was alot of people who would go to parks and just hang out, drink beer, burn meat, that sort of thing. now, everyone stays inside and just watches tv or works on the internet. as much as i was annoyed at first with only having dialup at home, i am beginning to get used to it. the empty parks feel sad to me, abandoned.
sunday i worked in the yard and shoveled about 10 wheelbarrows of yard waste and put them into the make shift compost bin i made out of some used pallets. that took a long time. i had to mow part of the pasture and then i raked and shoveled the waste. i really want a pitch fork. it was made for doing that work. my back hurts still from having to stoop over. i need to rethink the compost bin too, its sort of falling over on one side. i may buy some wire fencing and just use that instead of the pallet wood. i keep watching craigslist for a used composter, i saw a tumbler on there for 50 dollars a few weeks ago and i am kicking myself for not buying it.
i would like to start a worm bed also, and winter grow boxes with glass panes on them.
last night my dog woke me up barking at something in the yard she could see out of the second story windows in the bedroom. i didnt hear or see anything. but i had trouble getting back to sleep. the past couple of nights i have been waking up. i really need a full nights rest.