5.18.2023

We were under a freeze warning overnight and our low was 29.8 this morning! 

Jim worked on cleaning up the shop this morning from all the recent jobs - like final cleanup of the paint gun and getting all that equipment put away.  Mom and I headed to Saratoga to do some grocery errands, including picking up some polyurethane at Lowe's for Jim.

It was another gorgeous day, so after lunch, we headed outside to do some chipping.  We had some branches piled behind the pole barn, so we started there and dragged them to flatter land to chip...

We were waiting to see what the leaves looked like on this kind of ugly tree so we knew if it was one we wanted to keep, but we decided it needed to go....

Timber...

Cutting the branches off...

Starting to chip...

Once we had that area all clean, we headed down the driveway to work on our last remaining piles.  We got everything cleaned up and it looks great!

Maybe you saw the US News & World Reports annual 150 Best Places to Live list for this year (if not, you can read it here).  Some interesting news - Albany (the closest big city to us) was rated #17 in the country and #1 in the state!  To compare with our previous cities, Cleveland came in at #97 and Dayton at #141.  And of course Saratoga Springs is better than Albany!

Today's a Holy Day, so time to get ready for church!

High 63.9/Low 29.8