Awake: 5:21am Temp 48 sleep 5+54 sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
K & I attend 8:00 am Mass & then join the KK meeting. Hot topic: Cogeneration plants.
Oh, by the way, one of our astute koffee klub members tipped me off to a nearby diesel station; a mere (8) miles round trip. I was happy to get that info.
After breakfast, Kathy starts bagging the piles of grass from inside our circular driveway; filling & carrying 2 bags at a time over to our forest,& emptying them in the woods.
Meanwhile, I continue mowing; this time, the west field, which has many flags marking the tree stumps. It was slow going….some stumps were not flagged & with high grass, they were difficult to see. My job was not as easy as it looked; aside from scouting the un-flagged stumps, I disturbed a young deer that was lying about center field; he stood up, I looked @ him, he looked @ me & than hopped into the forest. I also disturbed a mother mouse & she went scooting across the mowed section of the field. But the most nerve wracking of all; wasps & bees were not happy with my mowing & buzzed my hat, nose, arms, etc. One nervy creature even landed on the steering wheel & really gave me the evil eye.
I needed a water break & when visiting Kathy, she also needed a break period; @ this time, she had carried (26) bags over to the forest. “Could you drive the Suzuki to the Alverda Station & get (4) gal of diesel fuel” I ask her. She appeared happy to honor my request.
With the extra diesel fuel, I finished the mowing. Kathy got her second wind after her brief drive & finished gathering up the rest of the grass from the circular drive, (4) bags, which I then carried into the forest. The John Deere's hour meter totaled (11) hrs of mowing time. We finished @ 6:00pm. Our golf course is now open for business again.
Showers, then dinner: leftover Thai Chicken Stir Fry.
We finish watching DVR movie: “Houseboat” with Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Harry Guardino, etc. Loren becomes Grant’s housekeeper & takes his three motherless kids in hand. Predictable romance ensues, in this delightful comedy. 1958. Predictable it was…. & maybe a little overrated too.
Lights out: 11:00pm
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