Working Weekend

Hello,

I am not sure how it happened, but the weekend was especially full for Leroy. Half time work means he can say yes to many other things. He was commissioned into the Stephen’s Ministry program at church so he went to all services. That also meant he attended the event for new members Saturday morning.

Saturday afternoon we went to Ely and helped deforest a friend’s yard. It was a bit of a challenge, but we were well compensated both monetarily and in a satisfyingly large pile of rogue trees that were no longer connected to the earth.

Since coming home from church Leroy has been on a roll. We planted some tomatoes that we had been given. Two of them found homes by the side of the house, two were at the rental house down the ways, and three went to a woman who was walking by with a small boy. Giving out random things is one of my favorite ways to meet neighbors. Now soon I will have some vegetables that I can pass around.

Then Leroy and I took the netting off our garden in the front because the plants are pressing against it trying to expand more. Leroy also saw a cabbage butterfly caught under there so it is not keeping them out. It might sound simple to take off the netting, and it was, but folding it was another matter as it wanted to go its own way.

After that Leroy got some random lumber pieces out of a dumpster in the neighborhood. He used those to finish making a platform that he took up to the attic so we can walk around on top of the insulation. It seems to me that he finds this all so satisfying, he can make something, not spend a lot of money, and it does not have to be perfect.

Paula