-anyhoo-
This morning/afternoon/evening's weather was perfect. Truly.
Sunny and comfortably warm all day. Gives one a little extra boost of energy, hence my 11+ hour day of work. Happily working. Everyone in good spirits.
As you may assume from the title, my work centered around maintenance of our riding mowers. Finally, something I've actually done before!! Woohoo!
Before the mowers, I opened the greenhouse. Then we placed irrigation in our onion and pea beds. I cleaned some rather unkempt work areas by the back barn. Stacked harvest containers. Replaced some missing squiggle wire on the greenhouse.
When D returned from an errand we all dug into the mowers.
I concentrated on this one-
Having pulled the blade assembly from underneath, we realized just how badly they were caked with old grass, etc.
Cleaning in this manner completely transported me to my backyard growing up. My dad would regularly have us clean the underside of the mower with a putty knife...
If it ain't broke...
Cleaned all nooks and crannies with an air hose. Amazing what a little compressed air can accomplish. Cleaned out old air filter. Good as new.
-At this time the owner/administrator of the farm paid us a visit... and brought us each one of these.
Ummm. Yeah. I'll have ten. With coffee? 14. Maybe 15. Ok. I guess one will do. Many thanks!
Back to the mower. Flushed the engine oil and transmission oil. Removed and replaced both filters. Filled oils. Reattached accessory assemblies and fired it up.
Having spent so much time with the mower by the end of the day, I had the overwhelming urge to, what else, mow. So I did just that for about an hour and a half. So enjoyable.
Put my new toy away and closed the greenhouse. Breathed in a chest full of freshly-mowed-grass air, smiled and headed to the house for dinner. Really. Good. Stuff!
Tired now. Good tired.
Dig.
1 comment:
I don't have much to write but I want to let you know that I enjoy reading about your days. I hope you get some Ale at night, do you?.
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