Friday, June 21, 2013

The Usual plus Biking



7::30 am
                Well after 2 days NEARLY all the things on the ToDo list got done. And there were things added as I went along. Now I have a new list, nearly as long, that has to happen today. The biggest things are to pack for our trip tonight to Bethel Woods (Joan Baez), and to write up an agenda for the meeting Sunday and get ready for that as I will have no time Sunday. We will be screeching in from NY just about in time for the meeting, so if possible I should write up an agenda and get it to someone to print out.
                I am sad that I have had no time to spin the past several days. I did manage to get over to the farm and pick strawberries, which I froze, AND, since I had to wait at the rental house for the window guy who never showed up (an hour!) I also picked cherries which still need to be frozen. Except they also need to be pitted which is a pain. And I did wind off the previously spun skeins, so it is ready to go for the final three of the orange stuff. I got out the lichen dyed stuff that I carded last year, so I will start on that next.
                What else? When I finish writing I will get the white litter of bunnies out to their “pasture” again. I have been pretty good about putting them out as much as possible, or giving them the alfalfa I am growing and minimal amounts of pellets. They seem to be doing fine so far. I ought to add to the ToDo today to mow the section of lawn that has not yet been mowed, since they really do not actually eat it down completely but eat in patches so it is pretty ragged, and the part that was mowed is probably more lush and productive. It would be nice if it were easier to move the pen around, but I have a 4x8 sheet of ¼ “ plywood on top of it, which makes it a pain. Someday if I ever have time for such projects I will try to come up with something better. I still have several cages that need a lot of work/repair, so that comes first.
                I’ve been doing very well with the biking. Actually biked 35 miles Wednesday, between the ride I did myself to Easthampton and back, then K and I rode to the bridge and back once he got home (ended up being contiguous as I got a later start than expected). Yesterday I just rode from the rental house to the farm, and drove the car home which G had borrowed bc of a flat tire on her bike. I think today I will go to Belchertown border, back up, then to the bridge and back. Not sure if I’ll mix it up a bit by going down Hulst to Southeast St and back up, or if I’ll just stay on the bike trail which would be flatter… but FIRST I have to pack and come up with an agenda. And put the bunnies out, and feed them, and hang out the laundry, and make a fruit salad for breakfast since we have so much fruit………
                It is very lovely out here on the deck. Someday it sure would be nice to have an actual porch out here so one could sit even if it were raining. The traffic is quite noisy, but I solve that by actually having earplugs in! I had them in to meditate (something I have been remiss about doing) and left them to write. Traffic will slow soon.
                Two more weeks until this big  bike trip, and then the summer is like half over, especially what with the classes I have scheduled to teach. I need to get back to LSSE to say that I can be there part of the 4th to demo as advertising. And I need to start putting posters/fliers around.
                Ok time to get breakfast and then get going.
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