2016-05-08 Week. Happy Mother's Day!

#1 ◱ We needed to collapse the oldest septic system and so Joseph smashed it with Goliath the backhoe. It wasn't easy to do even with Goliath. Then he filled it with dirt.

#2 ◱ Royal Flush brought their excavator to dig some test holes where the new septic system is planned to go.

#3 ◱ Here is Don with Jeff Bowers, the owner of Royal Flush, sitting in his excavator.

#4 ◱ The excavator heads out into the back part of the property, ready to dig a few holes.

#5 ◱ Here is one of the holes that was dug. Jeff says the soil is perfect for what we are going to do.

#6 ◱ Here is another view of the test hole he dug.

#7 ◱ Joseph discovered that hole too. Unintentionally.

#8 ◱ Okay. Now how to get Goliath the backhoe out. see video at: link: https://youtu.be/2xgoPfLN7-Q

#9 ◱ Success. Goliath the backhoe is out of the hole, and Joseph is digging dirt out that caved in.

#10 ◱ We measured the back yard (aka Picnic Area) to see where we want to set up the tent for the wedding reception. The tent is 30 ft by 10 ft.

#11 ◱ Lois packaged up two sandwich bags of rhubarb this week and froze it. I guess at this price we did pretty well. :-)

#12 ◱ Apparently our bathtub leaks. Or maybe when it is filling with water it leaks. But in any case, we are getting water on the floor when someone takes a bath. Not good.

#13 ◱ Here is a hole I made in the duct work below the bathroom. Water was collecting in the duct. The duct was not being used for heating any more, so I poked a hole in the lowest spot so the water could escape.

#14 ◱ Isaac is assisting Don in cutting the handrail for the front steps.

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#16 ◱ The cut was pretty close to what it should have been. I got the angle wrong slightly, but it still worked out okay.

#17 ◱ Here is Betsie sitting under a tarp. She is not feeling well. Carburetor problems we think. She needs to go back into the shop for repairs.

#18 ◱ The roses are up and blooming between the driveway and Don's study.This view is from Lois's Balcony.

#19 ◱ Don came up with the idea of labeling our trees. So within 24 hours we went from concept to labeled trees.

#20 ◱ Here is a sample. They have type of tree, variety of tree, and then location and year planted. We guessed on some of the years.

#21 ◱ Packaging labels for trees.

#22 ◱ Climbing rose by front porch.

#23 ◱ Rose by Hallway bathroom.

#24 ◱ 2012 vs 2016, about the same view.

#25 ◱ One week of roses blooming. When I left for Richland none of them were in bloom, and when I came back on Mother's Day they had bloomed.

#26 ◱ Went to see a friend yesterday and turkeys were in the roadway.

#27 ◱ Went to see a friend yesterday and turkeys were in the roadway.