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eorYesterday we did some work out in the barn, Derien bundling twigs and me clipping them to length for bundling. Today I went out again and did some more clipping because Derien had run out of bundle ready items. Still a big pile to deal with, but if I go out and put a CD on, the time passes fairly easily. Today I listened to Hiss & Chambers, Jasper's band.
The day started out frosty, but the sun warmed up to a beautiful day. The driveway was treacherous with black ice when I first went out. I waited until afternoon to fill the wood box, which had gotten all the way down to the bottom over the last week. We've been trying to use the stove to build up heat in the center of the house in the evening so the furnace doesn't run for most of the night.
I'm trying to multitask today on several endless tasks. I'm recording some of my old 78's, a task which requires a minute or two of attention followed by a few minutes of idleness. It's really hard to get anything else done and remain productive on that task. I did figure out that I can pick away at stripping the copper from of the old electrical wires while each song is playing. I've got an awful lot of wires to strip, so the two jobs fit well together.
We've started working on our holiday cards. We start on overseas cards first then work our way geographically closer as the season goes along.
The flock of chickadees, nuthatches, and titmice are feeding frantically. Even with the short days, they can empty the two feeders twice a day if I refill them near noon. When I refill the feeders it takes them about a minute to notice and start in again. I like to watch them zip in and out, each only spending a fraction of a second grabbing a seed then flying off to the plum trees to work the kernel from the seed.
The day started out frosty, but the sun warmed up to a beautiful day. The driveway was treacherous with black ice when I first went out. I waited until afternoon to fill the wood box, which had gotten all the way down to the bottom over the last week. We've been trying to use the stove to build up heat in the center of the house in the evening so the furnace doesn't run for most of the night.
I'm trying to multitask today on several endless tasks. I'm recording some of my old 78's, a task which requires a minute or two of attention followed by a few minutes of idleness. It's really hard to get anything else done and remain productive on that task. I did figure out that I can pick away at stripping the copper from of the old electrical wires while each song is playing. I've got an awful lot of wires to strip, so the two jobs fit well together.
We've started working on our holiday cards. We start on overseas cards first then work our way geographically closer as the season goes along.
The flock of chickadees, nuthatches, and titmice are feeding frantically. Even with the short days, they can empty the two feeders twice a day if I refill them near noon. When I refill the feeders it takes them about a minute to notice and start in again. I like to watch them zip in and out, each only spending a fraction of a second grabbing a seed then flying off to the plum trees to work the kernel from the seed.
