Chimped out on kayaking today

Had way too much stuff to do around the stead, stuff that I have been putting off for ‘reasons’, not financial ones either.  Just bein’ lazy,,,

Needed to fill propane tanks in prep for the on-coming colder months; have wood aplenty for my needs, so that was a non-issue.   I’m likely to order a new regulator/switch since the one I have has a history of leaking down faster on one side than the other,,, Haven’t found the leak with bubble test, so its likely the regulator assembly itself that has a micro leak.     (currently, the tanks are closed, so not worried about the leaky-leaky, but it does need addressed before the weather goes full blown ‘Winds of November’ on us.)

AND, I am getting engaged again with Selkie,,,      She’s been laying in dry-dock on the porch all summer long, half opened for surgery and my motivation to finish the job has been rather lacking,,,,  Sorry Brudda B, I know you are in no hurry for her to return to your quiver (and part of my excuses to myself,,,) but I keep dropping the ball on you and for that, I do apologize.    She won’t be sitting there for much longer though.  Brudda B and I were conversing the other night and attempting to make some plans for Solace get-aways, winter camping, just get out on WATER times so HE can get his head on straight for a spell.    And I decided that one way I could help influence that was to get Selkie done and make a date to deliver her to him, AND get him some water time with the same ‘thrown rock’.   Maybe on SOCIALIST’S DAY,,,,   We will both be free then, maybe, hopefully; will see.

But that means I need to get my arse in gear, the RPM’s up, and get BIZZY,,,

Can’t do that sitting in a cockpit of a kayak getting battered by waves (though that is really where I would like to be)

Still, its time to ADULT for a spell and put the frivolous aside for a weekend.   And the more I get done this weekend, the less I have to worry about over the next month or so as things begin cooling down and headed into the dreaded winter months I so despise.

Good news though,,, I had to take Buffalo into my yard today (well, didn’t HAVE to, but figured what the hell, gets the tools closer to where I was working)  and she did Abso-frikkin-lutely AWESOME.   Wet grass, hard incline, and she never spun a wheel, getting in or getting out.  She climbed off that hillside like a champ.  YES!!!! That posi-trac diff was worth EVERY DAMNED PENNY and frustration (and I learned a shit-ton)

on a different note: anyone want a broken Kat?   Zoomie showed his colors today, and they were rather pale and faded.   He faced off with a mouse,

and ran,,,,

Mama-Kat has never been a mouser, but is hell on lizards (which I don’t mind as much as they don’t destroy my preps, and they eat slugs)  Something about her eyes: I don’t think she can see depth: especially in low-light conditions.  One eye has always had a strange light to it, like it has a cataract or something,,,, Zooms on the otherhand,,, perfect sight and hearing and NO SPINE (unless its another tomcat then, hello! balls galore.)

Naw, I ain’t shipping him out, just sayin’,,, I went ahead and ordered an electric zap-a-mouse trap today.   The usual spring loaded types aren’t doing it, and I worry that one of the four-feets will get hung up in one.   Will see how that fairs since my kibble burning type isn’t working too well either,,,(and I sure as hell won’t use rat poison, seeing how the Whack-a-doo Cousin of mine did, and managed to kill Grizzy-Kat, who was THE mouser of the house.)

That is something that anyone thinking of moving into the woods is going to have to consider: Mice and other parasites/vermin are at home in the woods and more than willing to share your space when the weather starts to turn.   Oppurtunists they are! and ‘free food’ will never be turned down (and is highly sought after by the little shit machines,,,,)   If you prep, store anything edible; make sure you take efforts to keep the small ones heeled.   They can (and DO) chew through an insane amount of plastic to get at whats inside.   I have seen evidence they will chew through storage barrels to get at the contents.   Oxygen absorbers seem to mess them up on whats inside, so they ignore those containers, (and O2absorbers are cheap in quantity.) ( and it says something abou the sensitive nature of thier noses, that they can smell the contents of a SEALED container loaded with SEALED containers of packaged and SEALED foodstuffs.)

Anywhoos, the chill is burning off, there are things that need done, and I am not getting the RPM’s up sitting here filling a screen with pixels of data in a one sided conversation about ‘not much’,,,

Y’all keep on livin’ laughin’ learnin’ and LOADIN’.