Making headway

There is what remains of our mock orange bush, it was trying to take over the area.  We could hardly see the rhododendron behind it, so I have been planning on cutting it back since last summer.  Tuesday when James was here and we were walking around the yard I got to thinking about it again.  Thursday, I went out to get some pellets for the shop and when I finished, since I already had a heavy shirt and gloves on, I got the loppers and attacked it.  It put up a good fight, it was wound around other bushes and really spread out, but I won.  I had worked up a pretty good sweat by the time I got the pile of brush to the compost pile.  Barry stopped by for a short visit in the afternoon, it was nice to see him again.

A bunch of parts showed up for the new quad today, I was out in the shop working on it when Vera came out and asked why I hadn't answered the phone.  After I got done on the phone, I started checking it's ringer volume and ring tone.  Just as I finished with it, I realized my P-51 phone Michelle got me years ago hadn't been ringing.  It is loud and I can hear it fine since it is the sound of a P-51 starting, flying and then shooting it's guns, much easier for me to hear than the high pitch tinkle of modern phones.  After changing out the corroded batteries it is working fine again and I will be answering calls regularly again.

Barry stopped by again today, I had mentioned to him that I had cleaned the electronics bench one day.  He noticed that it was pretty full of projects, I told him clean only lasts for one project.  I got the quad's motors all mounted after 2 trips to Bredfield's, I got the wrong sized screws the first trip, but I now have a good supply of 3 mm x 6 mm screws.  I also made an extra trip for mail, I didn't notice the pickup slip until I got home.  Then there was a trip down for the Blazer door hinge pins that came in at NAPA, for a total of 4 trips today!  I got the motors rotation checked and the lights installed before calling it a night.  I think this quad is going to show up much better than my other one, if that is the case, I will probably put the same arrangement on it.