OK, that's hot enough

[altivo]

Got to near 90F today, with humidity. Not cooling down much tonight, so we have shut the windows and turned on the heat pump to steal coolth from underground.

The new garden tractor arrived, delivery was actually 10 minutes ahead of the earliest time in their predicted delivery window. Unlike the last time we tried this, it was the correct model, with all documentation, parts, and tools included. They showed Gary the basics of operating and care and left him the keys and manuals. He did try it out and with good success on a quarter acre or so. One nice feature is cleanup. It has a fitting to which you can attach a hose, then turn on the engine and cutting blades. The blades act like a dishwasher and remove accumulated grass mush from under the deck. Worked pretty well. It's also half as noisy as our old mower, which was only half as powerful. We'll see how fuel efficient it is, but I'm betting it will improve on the old one there as well.

Warp is measured and started onto the loom, but I'm going to put off beaming for tonight, as things are running too late. I may attempt it early tomorrow morning. Meanwhile I can spin, as I have a study group meeting Thursday and would like to finish the current sample.

Checked the area where the butterflies appeared yesterday. A few are still around, and indeed there is an abundance of stinging nettle back behind the blackberries that edge the wood there.

Comments

[songdogmi.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear the good news about the tractor. So far, so good!

[altivo]

Yes, the real test is how well it holds up in use.

[flamekist.livejournal.com]

"Coolth". I thought I was the only person who used that word. :)

The new tractor sounds sweet! You've got me wanting one even though I have no where to use it.

[altivo]

Heh. I'd rather not have to use it, but we would soon be so overgrown here that we couldn't find our way from the house to the road.

[moonhare]

indeed there is an abundance of stinging nettle back behind the blackberries that edge the wood there.

We used to have all sorts of stinging nettle here when I was growing up. I don't see it around anymore.

Nice with the butterflies. All the critters seem to be returning now. Baby chippies and fluffy goslings are emerging next door, and the flicker just can't stop calling-calling-calling.

[altivo]

Nettles are hated nearly as much as poison ivy, so people do tend to eradicate them. They are useful plants, actually. Even edible.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

*looks with interest at the loom and gets that twinkle in his eye*
Hey that's a great feature on the gardon tractor, someone obviously had their head on when they thought of that.