Five animated poems by Billy Collins

Land Rover: Time for the soft top

 


Tomorrow we begin the process of removing the hard-top and replacing with a mesh hoop  kit. More on that in a moment. The forecast is for rain the next four days (Calling for five inches in the next three days) so I decided to put the truck in my storage unit a bit early.
We were hoping to do the work just outside the unit where we’ll have some light and room to work. But I think we can make this work and I’m eager to make the switch. Here’s what the soft top will look like and here’s the instructional video by the supplier.

Behind the truck are four saw horses with 2×6 planks across them. Once the top is unbolted, we’ll lift it back to rest on the saw horses until this fall. We’ll post progress photos here.

Riley litter: Five weeks

We don’t know which one is “Riley” yet because the breeder picks which puppy goes to which family. A first for us but probably makes more sense than trying to pick from sixteen equally adorable puppies. We got our first look (and touch) today at the “puppy party” the breeder threw for the new families.

Easy Lemon 60 Second by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200077 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Home fix-up

The cedar siding on our house is 30 years old. We had it restrained some years ago and patched woodpecker holes when we could get to them. Over the next three weeks a couple of hard-working guys are retaining and replacing boards. Big job.

I don’t know how practical cedar siding is but really wouldn’t want anything else. Barb and I like the “cabin in the woods” look.

Riley: First meal


Riley and her litter mates are making the transition from mom to food-in-a-bowl. Seem to be getting the hang of it. This coming Saturday we’ll get our first hands-on look at the pups.