Bob's Eyes

Thursday January 18, 2024 Guerneville CA.

Trail Work

I jumped on a bike and and rode on up to this point to do some trail work on a trail that starts here. But first I had to have a sit and enjoy the day a bit.

Then I walked out and did a couple hours of trail work on this trail. Like always, I do a bit of trail work and then sit down until I’m ready to do some more. When I start to tire out, I sit in the chair for longer periods of time and eventually that tells me it’s time to quit.

Back out the trail and back in the chair for a spell.

The sky view from the chair.

While sitting there, I noticed these plants which I think are Indian Soap Plants are coming up. Means spring is not far away.

Trail ride

I still had enough time to go for a ride so I rode around for a bit going down this rode.

And by our water tanks which were full to the brims.

With the recent rains we’ve been having this creek is running nicely.

Drink

I rode down this road and stopped at the spring for a drink of water.

The Spring is flowing nicely right now. I had a couple cups of spring water.

And then rode on home for the day.

Nice day.

Tuesday January 16, 2024 Guerneville CA.

Rain

It was supposed to start raining sometime today, but it hadn’t started yet.

Electrical pole rotten

We’d heard this electrical pole at our rental was rotten and starting to fall over.

We needed to get it replaced soon

I went over to have a look and to start to take some stuff off the pole to prep for the replacement as it wasn’t planned to replace it today as we needed to make an appointment with the power company to disconnect the power lines while we replace the pole.

We just wanted to prep for it to see what and how we’d replace the pole.

A bit later, Tom came by with his tractor and this rig to get up by the pole without a ladder, as a ladder might knock over the rotten pole.

Tom had picked up a new pole yesterday at the store and it was laying on the ground.

We made plans to do the replacement on Thursday.

Just as we were finishing up on that, the rain started so I went on home and into the house to stay warm and dry.

Peach tree transplant

When the rain slowed down to a drizzle for a bit, I went out to dig up this peach tree that grew up from a seed on it’s own. It was small and in the wrong place, so it needed to be dug up and put in a better spot. I dug it up.

I dug a hole here and planted the tree and put some woodchips on it. And now I needed to protect it from the chickens scratching around it and digging it up.

Wired

The rain started to pick up so I found some wire and brought it into the garage to cut it up to use on the new tree. It’s green and hard to see. That should keep the chickens out. I had to install it with my umbrella to keep from getting too wet.

More rain

The rain picked up so I went back in the house and took it easy for the rest of the day.

Nice day.