Friday, August 30, 2024

Massachusetts Last Workday

We have another beautiful, sunny day that started with cool temperatures.


The host lives on a gravel & dirt road that he upkeeps with a few other neighbors. He asked me to fill in some potholes and trim back the overgrown weeds on the sides to properly prepare for winter. I completed the tasks without pictures though.

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Massachusetts Workday 9

We are enjoying a much cooler, overcast start to the day.

We removed the rotting wood from this post and replaced with bricks.
Before
After




Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Massachusetts Workday 8

Just another day on the pond. We repaired another door on the veranda.

Here is a photo of Blackie playing.

The pond at twilight.



Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Massachusetts Workday 7

We woke up to a clear sunrise on the pond this morning.
After enjoying a hearty breakfast, we replaced a portion of rotting door jams with bricks.
Since we appear to have a bright, sunny day with a very light breeze, I may go kayaking on the pond this afternoon.

Monday, August 26, 2024

Massachusetts Workday 6

 Rain is in the forecast today. Time for coffee before I get started on yard work.

I cut out unwanted plants to better highlight the Japanese Maple and Rhododendron.
Here is the completed job.
This represents only a small portion of the removed cuttings.
 
I spotted this unique fungi along the way.



Sunday, August 25, 2024

Massachusetts Sunday

 I woke up to another beautiful day with cool temperatures to enjoy coffee on the pond.


After completing the horse chores, I drove to a nearby park to enjoy an afternoon hike of about 4 miles.






Saturday, August 24, 2024

Massachusetts Saturday

I hung out with my hosts here. We had an enjoyable day.

Their Airbnb guests left remains of a fire from late last night, early this morning. I added some fuel to it to keep me and Moggie warm while I enjoyed my morning coffee at sunrise.


After doing some research on next week's planned projects, we went to a Jam Session hosted in McDonalds of Southbridge, MA.

These are my hosts dancing.
This young mandolin player sang beautifully.

I had mentioned to the hosts that I enjoyed cooking especially creating meals from random ingredients and leftovers. We put our heads together after cleaning out the refrigerated. I created some delicious quesadillas incorporating a rotisserie chicken, farro, yellow and red onions, a red pepper, sundried tomatoes, cilantro and baked beans. Of course I forgot to take photos. :(


Friday, August 23, 2024

Massachusetts Workday 5

 Woke up to another cool, sunny morning. We warmed up to 78°F.


Moggie joined me for coffee near the pond.
The hosts tasked me with trail maintenance on their meditation path today. These Fungi watched me toil.
Before
After
Before
After

I also started to pull the weeds from around this tree until bees attacked me. 
I suffered only 1 sting that subsided after about 30 minutes.



Thursday, August 22, 2024

Massachusetts Workday 4

I survived another cool morning of 56°F. We enjoyed mostly sunny skies all day.
I trimmed a lot today without before and after photos.
I saw this purple fungi along the pond trail.
The host made 4 scones for tomorrow's AirBnB guests. We enjoyed 1 1/2 of them with evening tea.





Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Massachusetts Workday 3

We had a much cooler, 56 °F, yet sunny morning.



I completed weeding steps down to the lower lawn where I cleaned up two circles as well as mowed the front lawn.

Here is a big fungi that we noticed near the patio.

I scared this little guy on my short walk.