What a Difference a Day Makes

 Here is the north drainage ditch yesterday and today. On the left, a mere outline in the snow, over a

foot deep. On the right, below, a flowing stream. The wind howled all night, and in the morning, when the cold returned and the sun came out, the snow was gone and water was flowing.

Frozen

Winter's here

The Crick is froze--

I have to plow

When it snoze.... 

Hammer and Tongs

 I'm almost ready to pour the next slab in the cellar. About an inch to go, and then a 50-bag pour for a five-by-ten six-inch slab.

The Culvert

 Another couple of loads jackhammered from the cellar, and this will be a usable culvert. After brooding for years, I finally took the electric chainsaw (new), cut the culvert, and trucked shale I'd jackhammered (new) from the cellar with the quad (new). I begin to see why I did not do this earlier.

Van Guard

This has been something of an epic season for the van. Joanne's Kona began throwing sensor errors on the left rear, so I tore it down and gave her the van to use--whereupon the van began doing the same thing. Its last mission was the August 24 collection of Frey, after which I confined it to the garage. When I started to remove the left rear bearing, Frey thought I was fighting something, so he tried to drag me out by my nose. Ow. At last I pulled the bearing, and did a three wheel brake job. One to go.

Bearing It

 Once I had some time to devote to it, the bearing wasn't that bad, but that rotor is only a year old and it's very rough. The new parts seem to move well, though, and it's nice to have a new splash guard in. 

First Fire

 This is our first wood fire of the season--and I only just finished cleaning the chimney and smoke pipe!